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

pkgMan {svMisc} | R Documentation

## 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 = "\t\n")
    pkgManGetAvailable(page = "next", pattern = "", n = 50,
        keep = c("Package", "Version", "InstalledVersion", "Status"),
        reload = FALSE, sep = ";", eol = "\t\n")
    pkgManLoad(pkgName)
    pkgManDetach(pkgName)
    pkgManRemove(pkgName)
    pkgManGetMirrors()
    pkgManSetCRANMirror(url)

### Arguments

`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.

### Value

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

### Author(s)

Kamil Barton <kamil.barton@uni-wuerzburg.de>

### See Also

`package`

[Package svMisc version 0.9-70 Index]