Package index

About pak

Installing pak

All about installing pak.

Great pak features

A list of the most important pak features

Package sources

Install packages from CRAN, Bioconductor, GitHub, URLs, etc.

The dependency solver

Find the ideal set of packages and versions to install

Package dependency types

Various types of R package dependencies

System requirements sysreqs

System requirements

Authenticated repositories

Authenticated repositories

pak configuration pak-config

Environment variables and options that modify the default behavior

Packages

Installation

pkg_install()

Install packages

pak()

Install specified required packages

pkg_status()

Display installed locations of a package

pkg_remove()

Remove installed packages

Dependencies

pkg_deps()

Look up the dependencies of a package

pkg_deps_explain()

Explain how a package depends on other packages

pkg_deps_tree()

Draw the dependency tree of a package

scan_deps()

Scan R code for dependent packages

Download

pkg_download()

Download a package and its dependencies

Metadata

pkg_history()

Query the history of a CRAN package

pkg_name_check()

Check if an R package name is available

pkg_search()

Search CRAN packages

Local Package Trees

local_package_trees

About local package trees

local_deps() local_deps_tree() local_dev_deps() local_dev_deps_tree()

Dependencies of a package tree

local_deps_explain() local_dev_deps_explain()

Explain dependencies of a package tree

local_install()

Install a package tree

local_install_deps()

Install the dependencies of a package tree

local_install_dev_deps()

Install all (development) dependencies of a package tree

Libraries

lib_status() pkg_list()

Status of packages in a library

System requirements

pkg_sysreqs()

Calculate system requirements of one of more packages

sysreqs_check_installed() sysreqs_fix_installed()

Check if installed packages have all their system requirements

sysreqs_db_list()

List contents of the system requirements DB, for a platform

sysreqs_db_match()

Match system requirement descriptions to the database

sysreqs_db_update()

Update the cached copy of the system requirements database

sysreqs_is_supported()

Check if a platform has system requirements support

sysreqs_list_system_packages()

List installed system packages

sysreqs_platforms()

List platforms with system requirements support

Repositories

ppm_has_binaries()

Does PPM build binary packages for the current platform?

ppm_platforms()

List all platforms supported by Posit Package Manager (PPM)

ppm_r_versions()

List all R versions supported by Posit Package Manager (PPM)

ppm_repo_url()

Returns the current Posit Package Manager (PPM) repository URL

ppm_snapshots()

List all available Posit Package Manager (PPM) snapshots

repo_add() repo_resolve()

Add a new CRAN-like repository

repo_auth()

Authenticated repositories

repo_auth_key_get() repo_auth_key_set() repo_auth_unlock()

Query or set repository password in the system credential store

repo_get()

Query the currently configured CRAN-like repositories

repo_status() repo_ping()

Show the status of CRAN-like repositories

Auto-install missing packages

handle_package_not_found()

Install missing packages on the fly

Lock files

lockfile_create()

Create a lock file

lockfile_install()

Install packages based on a lock file

System information

system_r_platform() system_r_platform_data()

R platforms

pak housekeeping

cache_summary() cache_list() cache_delete() cache_clean()

Package cache utilities

meta_summary() meta_list() meta_update() meta_clean()

Metadata cache utilities

pak_install_extra()

Install all optional dependencies of pak

pak_cleanup()

Clean up pak caches

pak_sitrep()

pak SITuation REPort

pak_update()

Update pak itself