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

pkgMan {svMisc}

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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.

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