srcpkgs (version 0.2)

pkgs_install: installs a list of source packages

Description

• A source package can not be installed if its dependencies are not.

• Will not reinstall packages if they are up-to-date

• will roxygenise packages if needed

Usage

pkgs_install(
  pkgids,
  lib,
  src_pkgs = get_srcpkgs(),
  only_deps = FALSE,
  quiet = TRUE,
  ...
)

Value

the names of the packages actually installed

Arguments

pkgids

a list of package ids (names, paths or object), or a srcpkgs object. Also accept a singleton package object

lib

directory where to install and find installed pkgs

src_pkgs

a collection of source packages as a srckgs object.

only_deps

whether not to include pkgids, only their dependencies.

quiet

whether to be quiet/silent

...

passed to devtools::install()

Examples

pkg <- setup_and_get_dummy_srcpkg()
dest <- tempfile()
pkgs_install(pkg, dest)