install_remote: Install a remote package.
In remotes: R Package Installation from Remote Repositories, Including 'GitHub'

install_remote

R Documentation

Install a remote package.

Description

This:

downloads source bundle
decompresses & checks that it's a package
adds metadata to DESCRIPTION
calls install

Usage

install_remote(
  remote,
  dependencies,
  upgrade,
  force,
  quiet,
  build,
  build_opts,
  build_manual,
  build_vignettes,
  repos,
  type,
  ...
)

add_metadata(pkg_path, meta)

remote_download(x, quiet = FALSE)

remote_metadata(x, bundle = NULL, source = NULL, sha = NULL)

remote_package_name(remote, ...)

remote_sha(remote, ...)

Arguments

`dependencies`	Which dependencies do you want to check? Can be a character vector (selecting from "Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", or "Enhances"), or a logical vector. `TRUE` is shorthand for "Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo" and "Suggests". `NA` is shorthand for "Depends", "Imports" and "LinkingTo" and is the default. `FALSE` is shorthand for no dependencies (i.e. just check this package, not its dependencies). The value "soft" means the same as `TRUE`, "hard" means the same as `NA`. You can also specify dependencies from one or more additional fields, common ones include: Config/Needs/website - for dependencies used in building the pkgdown site. Config/Needs/coverage for dependencies used in calculating test coverage.
`upgrade`	Should package dependencies be upgraded? One of "default", "ask", "always", or "never". "default" respects the value of the `R_REMOTES_UPGRADE` environment variable if set, and falls back to "ask" if unset. "ask" prompts the user for which out of date packages to upgrade. For non-interactive sessions "ask" is equivalent to "always". `TRUE` and `FALSE` are also accepted and correspond to "always" and "never" respectively.
`force`	Force installation, even if the remote state has not changed since the previous install.
`quiet`	If `TRUE`, suppress output.
`build`	If `TRUE` build the package before installing.
`build_opts`	Options to pass to `⁠R CMD build⁠`, only used when `build` is `TRUE`.
`build_manual`	If `FALSE`, don't build PDF manual ('–no-manual').
`build_vignettes`	If `FALSE`, don't build package vignettes ('–no-build-vignettes').
`repos`	A character vector giving repositories to use.
`type`	Type of package to `update`.
`...`	Other arguments passed on to `utils::install.packages()`.