In r-lib/pak: Another Approach to Package Installation

knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>",
  fig.path = "man/figures",
  out.width = "100%",
  cache = TRUE,
  asciicast_theme = if (Sys.getenv("IN_PKGDOWN") == "true") "pkgdown" else "readme"
)
asciicast::init_knitr_engine(
  startup = quote({
    library(cli)
    library(pak)
    pak::lib_status()
    set.seed(1)
  }),
  echo = TRUE,
  echo_input = FALSE,
  interactive = FALSE
)

```{asciicast asciicast-setup, include = FALSE, cache = FALSE} dir.create(.lib <- tempfile()) .libPaths(c(.lib, .libPaths()))

```{asciicast tmp-cache, include = FALSE, cache = FALSE}
Sys.setenv(R_USER_CACHE_DIR = tempfile())
options(cli_num_colors = 256)

:rocket: Short tour

Install or update packages from CRAN or Bioconductor

```{asciicast cran} pak::pkg_install("tibble")

#### Install packages from GitHub

```{asciicast gh}
pak::pkg_install("tidyverse/tibble")

Look up dependencies

```{asciicast deps} pak::pkg_deps_tree("tibble")

#### Explain dependencies

```{asciicast explain}
pak::pkg_deps_explain("tibble", "rlang")

Install a local package and its dependencies

```{asciicast local-pre, include = FALSE} dl <- pak::pkg_download("cli", platforms = "source", tempdir()) untar(dl$fulltarget[1])

```{asciicast local}
pak::local_install("cli")

:link: Quick links (start here if in doubt!)

How do I ... ?

Start at Get Started with pak to solve specific issues.

FAQ

Check out the list of frequently asked questions.

Reference

The complete reference of pak functions is the most complete source of information about pak.

I have a(nother) question

Don't hesitate to ask at the RStudio Community forum. Use the pak tag.

I would like to report a bug

Head to the pak issue tracker.

:sparkles: Features

:zap: Fast - parallel downloads and installation, caching, etc.

:safety_vest: Safe - dependency solver, system dependency solver, etc.

:convenience_store: Convenient - packages from multiple sources, time travel, etc.

See the complete list of awesome features.

:arrow_down: Installation

Pre-built binaries

Install a binary build of pak from our repository on GitHub:

install.packages("pak", repos = sprintf("https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/stable/%s/%s/%s", .Platform$pkgType, R.Version()$os, R.Version()$arch))

This is supported for the following systems:

| OS | CPU | R version | |--------------------|---------|-------------------| | Linux | x86_64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel | | Linux | aarch64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel | | macOS High Sierra+ | x86_64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel | | macOS Big Sur+ | aarch64 | R 4.1.0 - R-devel | | Windows | x86_64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel |

For macOS we only support the official CRAN R build. Other builds, e.g. Homebrew R, are not supported.

Install from CRAN

Install the released version of the package from CRAN as usual:

install.packages("pak")

This potentially needs a C compiler on platforms CRAN does not have binaries packages for.

Other platforms and nightly builds

See the installation page!

:blue_book: License

GPL-3 © RStudio

r-lib/pak documentation built on Nov. 9, 2024, 2:34 a.m.