Rmakrdown not using most recent version of package functions to generate github markdown (md) file?

Question

I'm using an Rmd to generate github markdown file. When I make changes to the package locally, build from source, then run knit -> knit to github document, the .md file generated still uses the previous versions of the package.

Is there something simple I can run to ensure the code in the Rmd points to the most recently built version of the package?

Answer 1

So it's as simple as installing from the .tar.gz file generated when the package is built from source. i.e.

install.packages("packagename_0.1.0.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type="source")

That's it. Now new R sessions (including the one used to knit the .md file) will use that installation of the library (rather than the previous one)