If I download an "package-name".tar.gz file from CRAN website, gunzip and untar it into a custom directory, how do I load that package from within R? I cannot extract the file in the R installation directory.
You can't call R CMD INSTALL downloadedpackage.gz?
R CMD INSTALL downloadedpackage.gz
As I understand it, this should install the package in your user-space if it cannot get write permissions to the R installation folder