set_binary_only_in_r_profile {tutorial.helpers}

Set pkgType to binary in .Rprofile

Description

This functions sets the pkgType global option to "binary" in your .Rprofile. New R users, especially those on Windows, should never install from source. Doing so fails too often, and too confusingly. It also sets the value for this R session. So, you do not need to either restart R nor source the .Rprofile by hand.

You can examine your .Rprofile to confirm this change with usethis::edit_r_profile()

Usage

set_binary_only_in_r_profile()

Value

No return value, called for side effects.