joinToAvailablePackages: Join a data.table with a 'Package' column to...
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joinToAvailablePackages

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Join a data.table with a `Package` column to `available.packages`

Description

Will join available.packages() with pkgDT, if pkgDT does not already have a column named Depends, which would be an indicator that this had already happened.

Usage

joinToAvailablePackages(pkgDT, repos, type, which, verbose)

Arguments

`pkgDT`	A `pkgDT` object e.g., from `toPkgDT`
`repos`	is used for `ap`.
`type`	See `utils::install.packages`
`which`	a character vector listing the types of dependencies, a subset of `c("Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", "Enhances")`. Character string `"all"` is shorthand for that vector, character string `"most"` for the same vector without `"Enhances"`.
`verbose`	Numeric or logical indicating how verbose should the function be. If -1 or -2, then as little verbosity as possible. If 0 or FALSE, then minimal outputs; if `1` or TRUE, more outputs; `2` even more. NOTE: in `Require` function, when `verbose >= 2`, also returns details as if `returnDetails = TRUE` (for backwards compatibility).

Value

The returned data.table will have most of the columns from available.packages appended to the pkgDT, including Depends, Imports, Suggests. It will change the column name that is normally returned from available.packages as Version to VersionOnRepos.