pkgman_describe: Functions to manage R side of the SciViews R package manager

In SciViews/svMisc: 'SciViews' - Miscellaneous Functions

Functions to manage R side of the SciViews R package manager

Description

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

Usage

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)

Arguments

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?

Value

These functions return data that is intended to be used by the SciViews R package manager.

Author(s)

Kamil Barton [e-mail]

See Also

package()

SciViews/svMisc documentation built on Sept. 15, 2023, 3:51 a.m.