Download the latest platform-specific R installer

Downloads the latest R installer (or source tarball on Linux) for the current platform to the user's Downloads folder.

Usage

downloadR(r_info = latestR(), destdir = path.expand("~/Downloads"))

Arguments

r_info

Optional API response list. Defaults to latestR().

destdir

Destination directory. Defaults to the user's Downloads folder.

Value

The file path of the downloaded installer/tarball.