Add packages to a miniCRAN repository.

Usage

addPackage(
  pkgs = NULL,
  path = NULL,
  repos = getOption("repos"),
  type = "source",
  Rversion = R.version,
  writePACKAGES = TRUE,
  deps = TRUE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

pkgs

Character vector of packages to download

path

Destination download path. This path is the root folder of your new repository.

repos

URL(s) of the 'contrib' sections of the repositories, e.g. "https://cran.us.r-project.org". Passed to available.packages()

type

Possible values are (currently) "source", "mac.binary" and "win.binary": the binary types can be listed and downloaded but not installed on other platforms. Passed to download.packages().

Rversion

Version of R (only used if type is not source.) Defaults to R.version, but this can be specified as any of the following formats:

a character string with the two digit R version, e.g. "3.1"
a list with components major and minor
the result of getRversion()
the result of R.version

writePACKAGES

If TRUE, calls write_PACKAGES() to update the repository PACKAGES file.

deps

logical indicating whether the package dependencies should be added (default TRUE).

quiet

If TRUE, suppress status messages (if any), and the progress bar during download.

Value

Installs the packages, rebuilds the package index, and invisibly returns the number of packages written to the index files.

Examples

### `checkVersions` and `add.packages.miniCRAN` require an existing miniCRAN repo

# Specify list of packages to download
mirror <- c(CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org")
mirror
#>                          CRAN 
#> "https://cloud.r-project.org" 
pkgs <- c("foreach")
pkgTypes <- c("source", "win.binary")

if (interactive()) {
  if (!is.online()) {
    message("p3m seems to be not available.  Check your internet connection.")
  } else {
    pdb <- pkgAvail(repos = mirror, type = "source")
  }
} else {
  pdb <- cranJuly2014
}


if (interactive()) {
  if (!is.online()) {
    message("p3m seems to be not available.  Check your internet connection.")
  } else {
    pkgList <- pkgDep(pkgs, availPkgs = pdb, repos = mirror, type = "source", suggests = FALSE)
    pkgList
  }
}

# Create temporary folder for miniCRAN

if (interactive()) {
  if (!is.online()) {
    message("p3m seems to be not available.  Check your internet connection.")
  } else {
    dir.create(pth <- file.path(tempdir(), "miniCRAN"))
    
    # Make repo for source and win.binary
    makeRepo(pkgList, path = pth, repos = mirror, type = pkgTypes)
    
    # Add other versions of a package (and assume these were added previously)
    oldVers <- data.frame(
      package = c("foreach", "codetools", "iterators"),
      version = c("1.4.0", "0.2-7", "1.0.5"),
      stringsAsFactors = FALSE
    )
    pkgs <- oldVers$package
    addOldPackage(pkgs, path = pth, vers = oldVers$version, repos = mirror, type = "source")
    # NOTE: older binary versions would need to be build from source
    
    # List package versions in the miniCRAN repo (produces warning about duplicates)
    pkgVersionsSrc <- checkVersions(pkgs, path = pth, type = "source")
    pkgVersionsBin <- checkVersions(pkgs, path = pth, type = "win.binary")
    
    # After inspecting package versions, remove old versions
    basename(pkgVersionsSrc$source) # "foreach_1.4.0.tar.gz"  "foreach_1.4.2.tar.gz"
    basename(pkgVersionsBin$win.binary) # "foreach_1.4.0.zip"     "foreach_1.4.2.zip"
    file.remove(c(pkgVersionsSrc$source[1], pkgVersionsBin$win.binary[1]))
    
    # Rebuild package index after adding/removing files
    updateRepoIndex(pth, type = pkgTypes, Rversion = R.version)
    
    pkgAvail(pth, type = "source")
    
    # Add new packages (from CRAN) to the miniCRAN repo
    addPackage("Matrix", path = pth, repos = mirror, type = pkgTypes)
    
    # Delete temporary folder
    unlink(pth, recursive = TRUE)
  }
}

Add packages to a miniCRAN repository.

Usage

Arguments

Value

See also

Examples