Package Dependencies by Type

Package Dependencies by Type

Usage

packageDependenciesByType(
  packages = NULL,
  db = utils::installed.packages(),
  which = c("Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", "Enhances")[1:3],
  recursive = TRUE,
  reverse = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE
)

Arguments

packages

a character vector of package names.

db

character matrix as from available.packages() (with the default NULL the results of this call) or data frame variants thereof. Alternatively, a package database like the one available from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/packages.rds.

which

a character vector listing the types of dependencies, a subset of c("Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", "Enhances"). Character string "all" is shorthand for that vector, character string "most" for the same vector without "Enhances".

recursive

logical: should (reverse) dependencies of (reverse) dependencies (and so on) be included?

reverse

logical: if FALSE (default), regular dependencies are calculated, otherwise reverse dependencies.

verbose

logical indicating if output should monitor the package search cycles.