install-deprecated: Deprecated package installation functions
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install-deprecated

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Deprecated package installation functions

Description

These functions have been deprecated in favor of pak, as that is what we now recommend for package installation. There are a few functions which have no pak equivalent, where you can instead call the old remotes functions directly.

Migration guide

devtools function	Replacement
`install_bioc("pkg")`	`pak::pak("bioc::pkg")`
`install_bitbucket("user/repo")`	`remotes::install_bitbucket("user/repo")`
`install_cran("pkg")`	`pak::pak("pkg")`
`install_dev("pkg")`	`remotes::install_dev("pkg")`
`install_git("url")`	`pak::pak("git::url")`
`install_github("user/repo")`	`pak::pak("user/repo")`
`install_gitlab("user/repo")`	`pak::pak("gitlab::user/repo")`
`install_local("path")`	`pak::pak("local::path")`
`install_svn("url")`	`remotes::install_svn("url")`
`install_url("url")`	`pak::pak("url::url")`
`install_version("pkg", "1.0.0")`	`pak::pak("pkg@1.0.0")`
`update_packages("pkg")`	`pak::pak("pkg")`
`dev_package_deps()`	`pak::local_dev_deps()`
`github_pull("123")`	`remotes::github_pull("123")`
`github_release()`	`remotes::github_release()`

Usage

install_bioc(...)

install_bitbucket(...)

install_cran(...)

install_dev(...)

install_git(...)

install_github(...)

install_gitlab(...)

install_local(...)

install_svn(...)

install_url(...)

install_version(...)

update_packages(...)

dev_package_deps(...)

github_pull(...)

github_release(...)

devtools documentation built on March 14, 2026, 5:06 p.m.