R: Get the installation path of a package

inst {pkgload} | R Documentation

## Get the installation path of a package

### Description

Given the name of a package, this returns a path to the installed copy of the package, which can be passed to other devtools functions.

### Usage

    inst(name)

### Arguments

`name` | the name of a package.

### Details

It searches for the package in `.libPaths()`. If multiple dirs are found, it will return the first one.

### Examples

    inst("pkgload")
    inst("grid")

[Package pkgload version 1.0.1 Index]