R: Query and set the list of CRAN-like repositories

repo_get {pkgcache}

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Query and set the list of CRAN-like repositories

Description

pkgcache uses the repos option, see options(). It also automatically uses the current Bioconductor repositories, see bioc_version(). These functions help to query and manipulate the repos option.

Usage

repo_get(
  r_version = getRversion(),
  bioc = TRUE,
  cran_mirror = default_cran_mirror()
)

repo_resolve(spec)

repo_add(..., .list = NULL)

with_repo(repos, expr)

Arguments

`r_version`	R version(s) to use for the Bioconductor repositories, if `bioc` is `TRUE`.
`bioc`	Whether to add Bioconductor repositories, even if they are not configured in the `repos` option.
`cran_mirror`	The CRAN mirror to use, see `default_cran_mirror()`.
`spec`	A single repository specification, a possibly named character scalar. See details below.
`...`	Repository specifications. See details below.
`.list`	List or character vector of repository specifications, see details below.
`repos`	A list or character vector of repository specifications.
`expr`	R expression to evaluate.

Details

repo_get() queries the repositories pkgcache uses. It uses the repos option (see options), and also the default Bioconductor repository.

repo_resolve() resolves a single repository specification to a repository URL.

repo_add() adds a new repository to the repos option. (To remove a repository, call option() directly, with the subset that you want to keep.)

with_repo() temporarily adds the repositories in repos, evaluates expr, and then resets the configured repositories.

Value

repo_get() returns a data frame with columns:

name: repository name. Names are informational only.
url: repository URL.
type: repository type. This is also informational, currently it can be cran for CRAN, bioc for a Bioconductor repository, and cranlike: for other repositories.
r_version: R version that is supposed to be used with this repository. This is only set for Bioconductor repositories. It is * for others. This is also informational, and not used when retrieving the package metadata.
bioc_version: Bioconductor version. Only set for Bioconductor repositories, and it is NA for others.

repo_resolve() returns a named character vector, with the URL(s) of the repository.

repo_add() returns the same data frame as repo_get(), invisibly.

with_repo() returns the value of expr.

Repository specifications

The format of a repository specification is a named or unnamed character scalar. If the name is missing, pkgcache adds a name automatically. The repository named CRAN is the main CRAN repository, but otherwise names are informational.

Currently supported repository specifications:

URL pointing to the root of the CRAN-like repository. Example:
```
https://cloud.r-project.org
```
PPM@latest, PPM (Posit Package Manager, formerly RStudio Package Manager), the latest snapshot.
⁠PPM@<date>⁠, PPM (Posit Package Manager, formerly RStudio Package Manager) snapshot, at the specified date.
⁠PPM@<package>-<version>⁠ PPM snapshot, for the day after the release of ⁠<version>⁠ of ⁠<package>⁠.
⁠PPM@R-<version>⁠ PPM snapshot, for the day after R ⁠<version>⁠ was released.

Still works for dates starting from 2017-10-10, but now deprecated, because MRAN is discontinued:

⁠MRAN@<date>⁠, MRAN (Microsoft R Application Network) snapshot, at the specified date.
⁠MRAN@<package>-<version>⁠ MRAN snapshot, for the day after the release of ⁠<version>⁠ of ⁠<package>⁠.
⁠MRAN@R-<version>⁠ MRAN snapshot, for the day after R ⁠<version>⁠ was released.

Notes:

See more about PPM at https://packagemanager.posit.co/client/#/.
The ⁠RSPM@⁠ prefix is still supported and treated the same way as ⁠PPM@⁠.
The MRAN service is now retired, see https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sql-blog/microsoft-r-application-network-retirement/ba-p/3707161 for details.
MRAN@... repository specifications now resolve to PPM, but note that PPM snapshots are only available from 2017-10-10. See more about this at https://posit.co/blog/migrating-from-mran-to-posit-package-manager/.
All dates (or times) can be specified in the ISO 8601 format.
If PPM does not have a snapshot available for a date, the next available date is used.
Dates that are before the first, or after the last PPM snapshot will trigger an error.
Unknown R or package versions will trigger an error.

Examples

repo_get()

repo_resolve("PPM@2020-01-21")
#' repo_resolve("PPM@dplyr-1.0.0")
#' repo_resolve("PPM@R-4.0.0")


with_repo(c(CRAN = "PPM@dplyr-1.0.0"), repo_get())
with_repo(c(CRAN = "PPM@dplyr-1.0.0"), meta_cache_list(package = "dplyr"))

with_repo(c(CRAN = "MRAN@2018-06-30"), summary(repo_status()))

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