use_pkg: Attach and if necessary install a package

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Attach and if necessary install a package

Description

First, use_package checks if the package is installed. If not already installed, the package will be installed. Thereafter, the package is attached using library.

Usage

use_pkg(pkg, repos = "https://cran.uib.no/", ...)

Arguments

pkg	[character] Name of one or more packages.
repos	[character(1)] The base URL(s) of the repositories to use, e.g., the URL of a Cran mirror such as "https://cloud.r-project.org". Can be NULL to install from local files, directories or URLs: this will be inferred by extension from pkgs if of length one. Defaults to "https://cran.uib.no/".
...	Other arguments to be passed to utils::install.packages.

Details

Only packages available at Cran can be installed.

Examples

use_pkg("checkmate")
use_pkg(pkg = c("checkmate", "devtools"))

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