pkgMan: Functions to manage R side of the SciViews R package manager

Description

These functions should not be used directly by the end-user. They implement the R-side code for the SciViews R package manager.

Usage

pkgManDescribe(pkgName, print.it = TRUE)
pkgManInstall(pkgs, install.deps = FALSE, ask = TRUE)
pkgManGetInstalled(sep = ";", eol = "")
pkgManGetAvailable(page = "next", pattern = "", n = 50,
    keep = c("Package", "Version", "InstalledVersion", "Status"),
    reload = FALSE, sep = ";", eol = "")
pkgManLoad(pkgName)
pkgManDetach(pkgName)
pkgManRemove(pkgName)
pkgManGetMirrors()
pkgManSetCRANMirror(url)

pkgName{ the name of one R package (character string). }
  print.it{ Should the result be printed? }
  pkgs{ a list of packages to install. }
  install.deps{ do we also install dependencies? }
  ask{ do we prompt the user for package installation? }
  sep{ field separator to use. }
  eol{ end-of-line sequence to use. }
  page{ which page to get? }
  pattern{ selection pattern. }
  n{ the number of items to retrieve. }
  keep{ the columns to keep in the resulting data frame. }
  reload{ do we force reload of the data and ignore cache version? }
  url{ the URL to use for the current CRAN mirror. }

These functions return data that is intended to be used by the SciViews R
  package manager.

[object Object]

pkg

utilities

Sciviews R package manager

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