wood_bioc_dependencies: Get dependencies of a package in Bioconductor

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Get dependencies of a package in Bioconductor

Description

This function queries Bioconductor for dependencies of the selected package for given Bioconductor release.

Usage

wood_bioc_dependencies(package, release = "release")

Arguments

package	character(1) Name of a package to query for.
release	character(1) Bioconductor release to query for. Can be either a numeric code (like 3.12) or one of two keywords: "release" and "devel".

Value

A data frame with three columns, all in string format:

• package (package name),

• version (minimum version requirement or NA if none),

• type (dependency type, e.g. "Imports").

See Also

Functions for Bioconductor: wood_bioc_packages(), wood_bioc_releases(), wood_bioc_version()

Functions that query package dependencies: wood_core_dependencies(), wood_cran_dependencies(), wood_dependencies(), wood_github_dependencies(), wood_local_dependencies(), wood_runiverse_dependencies(), wood_url_dependencies()

Examples

wood_bioc_dependencies("Biostrings")

# Will dependencies change?
wood_bioc_dependencies("Biostrings", "devel")
# And what about dependencies in the past?
wood_bioc_dependencies("Biostrings", "2.10")
wood_bioc_dependencies("Biostrings", "1.5")

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