install_package_tmp: Download, extract and install a specific version of a package

In MangoTheCat/packageMetrics2: Collect Metrics about R Packages

Description

Download, extract and install a specific version of a package

Usage

install_package_tmp(package, version, quiet = TRUE, source = NULL)

Arguments

package	Package name, character scalar.
version	Version number, character scalar. If NULL then the latest available version is used.
quiet	Whether to show the output of the download/install process.

Value

A path to a directory where the package is downloaded, extracted and installed. Subdirectory src/<package> contains the extracted source package, src also contained the tarball. Subdirectory lib contains the library with the installed package(s). The dependencies are also installed here.

MangoTheCat/packageMetrics2 documentation built on May 21, 2019, 1:41 a.m.