Where can I find the interface to install and update packages?

[romu545]

[anbrav0]

I brought up a somewhat similar discussion point here #4090 regarding improvements for package management wizard, they also talked about some here #1369 and here #1391

[juliasilge]

Thanks for chiming in @anbrav0! 🙌

For now @romu545 we do not have a GUI / wizard option in Positron to install or update packages. Instead you will want to use install.packages() and update.packages().

[Vancamjr]

Correction: Instead you will have to use install.packages() and update.packages()

I like the package manager in RStudio and was excited to see how it was implemented in positron for multiple languages. I’m disappointed to see you take the easy path of omitting this valued functionality.

[juliasilge]

We have plans to work on an environments/package manager outlined in #1391, if you'd like to add additional info on your use case.

[Steinthal]

As mentioned in #1369, there's an extension Positron R Package Manager that might help in the meantime.