Downgrade packages to an older version available on CRAN. This can be useful when debugging problems that might have arisen due to a package update.
downgrade_packages(pkg, dec_version = c("any", "patch", "minor", "major"))A character vector with the names of the downgraded packages, invisibly.
character with the names of the packages to be downgraded.
character giving the version to decrease. Possible values are "any", "patch", "minor", and "major". See 'Details'.
Using the argument dec_version, the user can control which version will
be installed. The possible values are:
"any"The previous available version will be installed.
"patch"The newest available version with a smaller patch version
number will be installed. For packages with three version numbers, this
is the same as using "any".
"minor"The newest available version with a smaller minor version number will be installed.
"major"The newest available version with a smaller major version number will be installed.
Downgrading is only possible for packages that are currently installed. For packages that are not installed, a warning is issued.
The function uses remotes::install_version() to install a version
of a package that is older than the currently installed version.