setup_package {personalr}

Setup Personal Package

Description

A function to setup a new personal package or update an existing package.

Usage

setup_package(path, packagename, core = NULL)

Arguments

path

The path in which the package shall be created. If it exists, it is used. If it does not exist, it is created, provided that the parent path exists.

packagename

The name of the newly generated package. It will be checked to make sure it meets R package naming conventions.

core

A vector or list containing package names that shall be attached when the newly generated package is loaded. The packages must be installed on the current system, otherwise an error will be shown.

Examples

# create package "mypackage" in temporary directory with
# the core packages dplyr, glue and purrr
withr::with_tempdir({
  install.packages(
    c("dplyr", "glue", "purrr"),
    repos = "http://cran.us.r-project.org"
  )
  setup_package(
    path = tempdir(),
    packagename = "mypackage",
    core = c("dplyr", "glue", "purrr")
  )
})