Downloads the source tarball (.tar.gz) for a specified R package from CRAN, Bioconductor, or an internal repository fallback.
Usage
get_package_tarfile(package_name, version = NULL, repos = getOption("repos"))Arguments
- package_name
Character string specifying the name of the package to download.
- version
Optional character string specifying the version of the package. If NULL (default), the latest available version will be downloaded.
- repos
Optional character vector of repository URLs to use. If NULL (default), the current repositories set in options() will be used.
Value
Character string with the path to the downloaded tarball file, or NULL if the download was unsuccessful.
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Download the latest version of dplyr
tarball_path <- get_package_tarfile("dplyr")
# Download a specific version
tarball_path <- get_package_tarfile("dplyr", version = "1.0.0")
# Use a specific repository
tarball_path <- get_package_tarfile("dplyr", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org")
} # }