get_dependency_tree: Get package dependency tree

In LCBC-UiO/tsdrtools: Convenience package for installing R-packages on UiO TSD

Get package dependency tree

Description

This function will return all package dependencies for any given package, including backwards dependency for all. The function mainly prints out the dependency tree in the console, but also returns all packages required for build (uniquely).

Usage

get_dependency_tree(
  package,
  i = 1,
  type = c("Depends", "Imports"),
  repos = getOption("repos"),
  verbose = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

package	name of package. character.
i	integer. Used in recursive call to package dependency retrieval.
type	Character vector, a subset of c("Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", "Enhances")
repos	character vector. Addresses of CRAN mirror(s)
verbose	logical. If function should be talkative.
...	additional arguments to functions available.packages

Value

character vector of unique packages

LCBC-UiO/tsdrtools documentation built on June 22, 2022, 8:21 p.m.