BiocManager (version 1.30.4)

valid: Validate installed package versions against correct versions.

Description

Check that installed packages are consistent (neither out-of-date nor too new) with the version of R and Bioconductor in use.

Usage

valid(pkgs = installed.packages(lib.loc, priority = priority),
  lib.loc = NULL, priority = "NA", type = getOption("pkgType"),
  filters = NULL, ..., site_repository = character())
# S3 method for biocValid
print(x, ...)

Arguments

pkgs

A character() vector of package names for checking, or a matrix as returned by installed.packages.

lib.loc

A character() vector of library location(s) of packages to be validated; see installed.packages().

priority

character(1) Check validity of all, "base", or "recommended" packages; see installed.packages().

type

character(1) The type of available package (e.g., binary, source) to check validity against; see available.packages().

filters

character(1) Filter available packages to check validity against; see available.packages().

…

Additional arguments, passed to BiocManager::install() when fix=TRUE.

site_repository

character(1). See ?install.

x

A `biocValid` object returned by `BiocManager::valid()`.

Value

biocValid list object with elements too_new and out_of_date containing data.frames with packages and their installed locations that are too new or out-of-date for the current version of Bioconductor.

`print()` is invoked for its side effect.

Details

This function compares the version of installed packages to the version of packages associated with the version of R and Bioconductor currently in use.

Packages are reported as 'out-of-date' if a more recent version
is available at the repositories specified by
`BiocManager::repositories()`.  Usually, `BiocManager::install()` is
sufficient to update packages to their most recent version.
Packages are reported as 'too new' if the installed version is
more recent than the most recent available in the
`BiocManager::repositories()`. It is possible to down-grade by
re-installing a too new package "PkgA" with
`BiocManger::install("PkgA")`. It is important for the user to
understand how their installation became too new, and to avoid
this in the future.

See Also

BiocManager::install() to update installed packages.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
BiocManager::valid()
# }