pkgman_describe: Functions to manage R side of the SciViews R package manager
In svMisc: 'SciViews' - Miscellaneous Functions

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also

These functions should not be used directly by the end-user. They implement the R-side code for the SciViews R package manager.

pkgman_describe(pkgname, print.it = TRUE)

pkgman_get_mirrors()

pkgman_get_available(
  page = "next",
  pattern = "",
  n = 50,
  keep = c("Package", "Version", "InstalledVersion", "Status"),
  reload = FALSE,
  sep = ";",
  eol = "\t\n"
)

pkgman_get_installed(sep = ";", eol = "\t\n")

pkgman_set_cran_mirror(url)

pkgman_install(pkgs, install.deps = FALSE, ask = TRUE)

pkgman_remove(pkgname)

pkgman_load(pkgname)

pkgman_detach(pkgname)

pkgManDescribe(pkgname, print.it = TRUE)

pkgManGetMirrors()

pkgManGetAvailable(
  page = "next",
  pattern = "",
  n = 50,
  keep = c("Package", "Version", "InstalledVersion", "Status"),
  reload = FALSE,
  sep = ";",
  eol = "\t\n"
)

pkgManGetInstalled(sep = ";", eol = "\t\n")

pkgManSetCRANMirror(url)

pkgManInstall(pkgs, install.deps = FALSE, ask = TRUE)

pkgManRemove(pkgname)

pkgManLoad(pkgname)

pkgManDetach(pkgname)

`pkgname`	The name of one R package (character string).
`print.it`	Should the result be printed?
`page`	Which page to get?
`pattern`	Selection pattern.
`n`	The number of items to retrieve.
`keep`	The columns to keep in the resulting data frame.
`reload`	Do we force reload of the data and ignore cache version?
`sep`	Field separator to use.
`eol`	End-of-line sequence to use.
`url`	The URL to use for the current CRAN mirror.
`pkgs`	A list of packages to install.
`install.deps`	Do we also install dependencies?
`ask`	Do we prompt the user for package installation?