pacman

The pacman package is an R package management tool that combines the functionality of base library related functions into intuitively named functions. This package is ideally added to .Rprofile to increase workflow by reducing time recalling obscurely named functions, reducing code and integrating functionality of base functions to simultaneously perform multiple actions.

Function names in the pacman package follow the format of p_xxx where 'xxx' is the task the function performs. For instance the p_load function allows the user to load one or more packages as a more generic substitute for the library or require functions and if the package isn't available locally it will install it for you.

Download the development version of pacman here

Help topics

Installing, Loading, Unloading, Updating, & Deleting

Functions for installing, loading, unloading, updating, & deleting packages

Session Information

Functions to obtain package session information.

Local Package Information

Functions to obtain local package information.

Internet Based Package Informatio

Functions to obtain Internet based package information.

Library Information

Functions to obtain package library information.

pacman Tools

General pacman tools/functions.

  • p_detectOS
    Detects Operating System
  • p_extract
    Convert String With Commas Into Elements
  • p_opendir
    Attempts to open a directory in a file browser

Vignettes

Dependencies

  • Depends:
  • Imports: devtools
  • Suggests: knitr, lattice, testthat, XML
  • Extends:

Author

Tyler W. Rinker

Author

Dason Kurkiewicz