devtools (version 1.10.0)

update_packages: Update packages that are missing or out-of-date.

Description

Works similarly to install.packages() but doesn't install packages that are already installed, and also upgrades out dated dependencies.

Usage

update_packages(pkgs, dependencies = NA, repos = getOption("repos"),
  type = getOption("pkgType"))

Arguments

pkgs

Character vector of packages to update.

dependencies

Which dependencies do you want to check? Can be a character vector (selecting from "Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", or "Enhances"), or a logical vector.

TRUE is shorthand for "Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo" and "Sugg

repos

A character vector giving repositories to use.

type

Type of package to update. If "both", will switch automatically to "binary" to avoid interactive prompts during package installation.

See Also

package_deps to see which packages are out of date/ missing.

Examples

update_packages("ggplot2")
update_packages(c("plyr", "ggplot2"))