install_packages: Install or update packages.

In gschofl/gsmisc: A collection conveniance functions

Description

install_packages is a wrapper around biocLite. In addition to the standard functionality provided biocLite, this function also downloads and untars the source files to destdir.

Usage

install_packages(pkgs, destdir = getOption("gsmisc.pkgs"), update = FALSE,
  ...)

update_packages(destdir = getOption("gsmisc.pkgs"))

Arguments

pkgs	Packages
destdir	Where to put the source code.
update	call update_packages.
...	Further arguments passed on to biocLite.

Details

update_packages checks for outdated packages, save the source to destdir, extract the packages in destdir, and installs them.

Value

Called for its side effects.

See Also

Other Installers: update_github

gschofl/gsmisc documentation built on May 17, 2019, 8:52 a.m.