added a utility function to install packages

[xiaodaigh]

Currently,

R"""
install.packages(pkgs)
"""

is failing. So I have added a function to install packages using run

[randy3k]

Try again with the master branch? install.packages(pkgs) should work now on Windows.

[xiaodaigh]

it doesn't. stuck at

[randy3k]

put this in your .Rprofile

options(repos = c(CRAN = "https://cran.rstudio.com"))

[randy3k]

It still doesn't fix the whole issue, any prompts that pop out will essentially freeze the installation. By the way, I should add that it is only an issue on Windows because of the lack of default R_ReadConsole.

[palday]

@randy3k Would it make sense to change this to a documentation change rather than a code change?

[ViralBShah]

Just tested and works fine.