Get the path to the repo directory containing the package files.
repoPrefix(type, Rversion)
character, indicating the type of package to download and
install. See install.packages()
.
Version of R (only used if type
is not source
.) Defaults to R.version, but this can be specified as any of the following formats:
a character string with the two digit R version, e.g. "3.1"
a list with components major
and minor
the result of getRversion()
the result of R.version
The file path to the package files directory.
A repository has two main folders, one for source packages, and the other
for binary packages. Inside the binary package folder, bin
, you will find
subfolders for Windows as well as the various OSX binaries.
+- Root
...+- src/contrib
......+- PACKAGES
..+- bin
.......+- windows/contrib/version
..........+- PACKAGES
.......+- macosx/contrib/version
..........+- PACKAGES
.......+- macosx/mavericks/contrib/version
..........+- PACKAGES
.......+- macosx/leopard/contrib/version
..........+- PACKAGES