| packageStatus {utils} | R Documentation |
Package Management Tools
Description
Summarize information about installed packages and packages
available at various repositories, and automatically upgrade outdated
packages. These tools will replace update.packages and friends
in the future and are currently work in progress.
Usage
packageStatus(lib.loc = NULL, repositories = getOption("repositories")())
## S3 method for class 'packageStatus':
summary(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'packageStatus':
update(object, lib.loc = levels(object$inst$LibPath),
repositories = levels(object$avail$Repository), ...)
## S3 method for class 'packageStatus':
upgrade(object, ask = TRUE, ...)
Arguments
lib.loc |
a character vector describing the location of R
library trees to search through, or NULL. The default value
of NULL corresponds to all libraries currently known. |
repositories |
a character vector of URLs describing the location of R
package repositories on the Internet or on the local machine. |
object |
return value of packageStatus. |
ask |
if TRUE, the user is prompted which packages should
be upgraded and which not. |
... |
currently not used. |
Examples
## Not run:
x <- packageStatus()
print(x)
summary(x)
upgrade(x)
x <- update(x)
print(x)
## End(Not run)