requireAnnotation: Helper function to load packages.

In benilton/oligoClasses: Classes for high-throughput arrays supported by oligo and crlmm

Description

This function checkes the existence of a given package and loads it if available. If the package is not available, the function checks its availability on BioConductor, downloads it and installs it.

Usage

requireAnnotation(pkgname, lib=.libPaths()[1], verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

pkgname	character. Package name (usually an annotation package).
lib	character. Path where to install packages at.
verbose	logical. Verbosity flag.

Value

Logical: TRUE if package is available or FALSE if package unavailable for download.

Author(s)

Benilton Carvalho

See Also

install.packages

Examples

## Not run: 
requirePackage("pd.mapping50k.xba240")

## End(Not run)

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