pkgAvail

URL(s) of the 'contrib' sections of the repositories, e.g.
<code>"http://cran.us.r-project.org"</code>. Passed to <code><a rd-options="=available.packages" href="/link/available.packages()?package=miniCRAN&version=0.2.12&to=%3Davailable.packages" data-mini-rdoc="=available.packages::available.packages()">available.packages()</a></code>

repos

Possible values are (currently) "source", "mac.binary" and
"win.binary": the binary types can be listed and downloaded but not
installed on other platforms. Passed to <code><a rd-options="=download.packages" href="/link/download.packages()?package=miniCRAN&version=0.2.12&to=%3Ddownload.packages" data-mini-rdoc="=download.packages::download.packages()">download.packages()</a></code>.

type

Version of R (only used if <code>type</code> is not <code>source</code>.) Defaults to <a rd-options="" href="/link/R.version?package=miniCRAN&version=0.2.12" data-mini-rdoc="miniCRAN::R.version">R.version</a>, but this can be specified as any of the following formats:<ul>
<li>a character string with the two digit R version, e.g. "3.1"</li>
<li>a list with components <code>major</code> and <code>minor</code></li>
<li>the result of <code><a rd-options="=getRversion" href="/link/getRversion()?package=miniCRAN&version=0.2.12&to=%3DgetRversion" data-mini-rdoc="=getRversion::getRversion()">getRversion()</a></code></li>
<li>the result of <code><a rd-options="=R.version" href="/link/R.version()?package=miniCRAN&version=0.2.12&to=%3DR.version" data-mini-rdoc="=R.version::R.version()">R.version()</a></code></li>
</ul>

Rversion

quiet

This is a thin wrapper around <code><a rd-options="utils:available.packages" href="/link/utils%3A%3Aavailable.packages()?package=miniCRAN&version=0.2.12&to=utils%3Aavailable.packages" data-mini-rdoc="utils:available.packages::utils::available.packages()">utils::available.packages()</a></code>. If the argument
<code>path</code> is supplied, then the function attempts to read from a local
repository, otherwise attempts to read from a CRAN mirror at the <code>repos</code> url.

Makes it possible to create an internally consistent
repository consisting of selected packages from CRAN-like repositories.
The user specifies a set of desired packages, and 'miniCRAN' recursively
reads the dependency tree for these packages, then downloads only this
subset. The user can then install packages from this repository directly,
rather than from CRAN.  This is useful in production settings, e.g. server
behind a firewall, or remote locations with slow (or zero) Internet access.

Andrie Vries

miniCRAN

Create a Mini Version of CRAN Containing Only Selected Packages

Andrie de Vries

Alex Chubaty

Microsoft Corporation 

pkgAvail function

URL(s) of the 'contrib' sections of the repositories, e.g.
<code>"http://cran.us.r-project.org"</code>. Passed to <code><a rd-options='=available.packages' href='available.packages()'>available.packages()</a></code>

Possible values are (currently) "source", "mac.binary" and
"win.binary": the binary types can be listed and downloaded but not
installed on other platforms. Passed to <code><a rd-options='=download.packages' href='download.packages()'>download.packages()</a></code>.

Version of R (only used if <code>type</code> is not <code>source</code>.) Defaults to <a rd-options='' href='R.version'>R.version</a>, but this can be specified as any of the following formats:<ul>
<li>a character string with the two digit R version, e.g. "3.1"</li>
<li>a list with components <code>major</code> and <code>minor</code></li>
<li>the result of <code><a rd-options='=getRversion' href='getRversion()'>getRversion()</a></code></li>
<li>the result of <code><a rd-options='=R.version' href='R.version()'>R.version()</a></code></li>
</ul>

This is a thin wrapper around <code><a rd-options='utils:available.packages' href='utils::available.packages()'>utils::available.packages()</a></code>. If the argument
<code>path</code> is supplied, then the function attempts to read from a local
repository, otherwise attempts to read from a CRAN mirror at the <code>repos</code> url.

pkgAvail: Reads available packages from CRAN repository.

Description

Usage

Arguments

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