packageStatus {base}

R Documentation

Package Management Tools

Description

Summarize information about installed packages and packages available at various repositories, and automatically upgrade outdated packages. These tools will replace update.packages and friends in the future and are currently work in progress.

Usage

packageStatus(lib.loc = NULL, repositories = getOption("repositories"))
## S3 method for class 'packageStatus'
summary(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'packageStatus'
update(object, lib.loc=levels(object$inst$LibPath),
       repositories=levels(object$avail$Repository), ...)
## S3 method for class 'packageStatus'
upgrade(object, ask=TRUE, ...)

Arguments

lib.loc	a character vector describing the location of R library trees to search through, or NULL. The default value of NULL corresponds to all libraries currently known.
repositories	a character vector of URLs describing the location of R package repositories on the Internet or on the local machine.
object	return value of packageStatus.
ask	if TRUE, the user is prompted which packages should be upgraded and which not.
...	currently not used.

Examples

## Not run: 
x <- packageStatus()
print(x)
summary(x)
upgrade(x)
x <- update(x)
print(x)

## End(Not run)

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