Function reference • pak

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

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

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_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