Check for previous versions of packages in a miniCRAN repository.

Checks for previous versions, and returns the file paths for packages with multiple versions. You can subsequently decide which version to keep.

Usage

checkVersions(pkgs = NULL, path = NULL, type = "source", Rversion = R.version)

Arguments

pkgs

Character vector of packages to be installed. If not provided, checks all files for multiple package versions.

path

The local path to the directory where the miniCRAN repo resides.

type

character, indicating the type of package to download and install. See install.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

Value

Returns invisibly the file paths to packages with multiple versions for removal.

list with an element for each type, consisting of a character vector of download paths

See also

Other update repo functions: addOldPackage(), addPackage(), makeRepo(), updatePackages()

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)
  }
}