install_binaries: Download, unzip, check permissions, and test the bioregion's binary files

Description

This function downloads and unzips the 'bin' folder required to run certain functions of the bioregion package. It also verifies if the files have the necessary permissions to be executed as programs. Finally, it tests whether the binary files are running correctly.

Usage

install_binaries(
  binpath = "tempdir",
  download_only = FALSE,
  infomap_version = c("2.1.0", "2.6.0", "2.7.1", "2.8.0"),
  verbose = TRUE
)

Value

No return value.

Arguments

binpath: A character string specifying the path to the folder that will host the bin folder containing the binary files (see Details).
download_only: A logical value indicating whether the function should only download the bin.zip file or perform the entire process (see Details).
infomap_version: A character vector or a single character string specifying the Infomap version(s) to install.
verbose: A boolean indicating whether to display progress messages. Set to FALSE to suppress these messages.

Author

Maxime Lenormand (maxime.lenormand@inrae.fr)
Boris Leroy (leroy.boris@gmail.com)
Pierre Denelle (pierre.denelle@gmail.com)

Details

By default, the binary files are installed in R's temporary directory (binpath = "tempdir"). In this case, the bin folder will be automatically removed at the end of the R session. Alternatively, the binary files can be installed in the bioregion package folder (binpath = "pkgfolder").

A custom folder path can also be specified. In this case, and only in this case, download_only can be set to TRUE, but you must ensure that the files have the required permissions to be executed as programs.