repoPrefix {miniCRAN}

Get the path to the repo directory containing the package files.

Description

Get the path to the repo directory containing the package files.

Usage

repoPrefix(type, Rversion)

Arguments

type

character, indicating the type of package to download and install. See install.packages().

Rversion

Version of R (only used if type is not source.) Defaults to R.version, but this can be specified as any of the following formats:

• a character string with the two digit R version, e.g. "3.1"

• a list with components major and minor

• the result of getRversion()

• the result of R.version

Value

The file path to the package files directory.

Repo folder structure

A repository has two main folders, one for source packages, and the other for binary packages. Inside the binary package folder, bin, you will find subfolders for Windows as well as the various OSX binaries.

+- Root

...+- src/contrib

......+- PACKAGES

..+- bin

.......+- windows/contrib/version

..........+- PACKAGES

.......+- macosx/contrib/version

..........+- PACKAGES

.......+- macosx/mavericks/contrib/version

..........+- PACKAGES

.......+- macosx/leopard/contrib/version

..........+- PACKAGES

Note

Not all versions of R are compatible with with all package types (e.g., mac.binary.el-capitan is only valid for R > 3.4.0).