unpack: Unpack packages from a text file

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Unpack packages from a text file

Description

Unpack packages from a text file

Usage

unpack(input, output = ".", install = FALSE, quiet = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

input	Path to the text file.
output	Path to the output directory. Each package is placed under a subdirectory named after the package name. Default is the current working directory.
install	Try install the unpacked package(s)?
quiet	Suppress printing of progress?
...	Additional parameters for remotes::install_local().

Details

If install = TRUE, the packages will be installed by the order of appearance in the input file. When internal dependencies exist between these packages, make sure they are packed in the order where the low-level dependencies appear first.

Value

The output directory path.

Specification

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Examples

# pack two packages
pkg1 <- system.file("examples/pkg1", package = "pkglite")
pkg2 <- system.file("examples/pkg2", package = "pkglite")

fc1 <- pkg1 %>% collate(file_default())
fc2 <- pkg2 %>% collate(file_default())

txt <- tempfile(fileext = ".txt")
pack(fc1, fc2, output = txt, quiet = TRUE)

# unpack the two packages
out <- file.path(tempdir(), "twopkgs")
txt %>% unpack(output = out, quiet = TRUE)

out %>%
  file.path("pkg1") %>%
  list.files()
out %>%
  file.path("pkg2") %>%
  list.files()

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