installs a list of source packages — pkgs_install • srcpkgs

A source package can not be installed if its dependencies are not.
Will not reinstall packages if they are up-to-date
will roxygenise packages if needed

Usage

pkgs_install(
  pkgids,
  lib,
  src_pkgs = get_srcpkgs(),
  only_deps = FALSE,
  quiet = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

pkgids: a list of package ids (names, paths or object), or a srcpkgs object. Also accept a singleton package object
lib: directory where to install and find installed pkgs
src_pkgs: a collection of source packages as a srckgs object.
only_deps: whether not to include pkgids, only their dependencies.
quiet: whether to be quiet/silent
...: passed to devtools::install()

Value

the names of the packages actually installed

Examples

pkg <- setup_and_get_dummy_srcpkg()
dest <- tempfile()
pkgs_install(pkg, dest)
#> [1] "dummy.srcpkg"