R: Install a package from a local file

install_local {devtools}

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Install a package from a local file

This function is vectorised so you can install multiple packages in a single command.

install_local(path, subdir = NULL, ..., quiet = FALSE)

`path`	path to local directory, or compressed file (tar, zip, tar.gz tar.bz2, tgz2 or tbz)
`subdir`	subdirectory within url bundle that contains the R package.
`...`	Other arguments passed on to `install`.
`quiet`	if `TRUE` suppresses output from this function.

## Not run: 
dir <- tempfile()
dir.create(dir)
pkg <- download.packages("testthat", dir, type = "source")
install_local(pkg[, 2])

## End(Not run)

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