Where does R store packages?

Question

The install.packages() function in R is the automatic unzipping utility that gets and install packages in R. 1. How do I find out what directory R has chosen to store packages? 2. How can I change the directory in which R stores and accesses packages? Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

You can use the .libPaths() to print the default directory of package installation. For instance: > .libPaths() [1] "C:/Users/intellipaat/Documents/R/R-3.6.0/library" You can change the directory from default as follows: .libPaths("C:/Users/intellipaat/Rpackages/ ) This creates a Rpackages folder to store packages that will be installed afterward.