pacman Functions: Quick Reference

Tyler W. Rinker & Dason Kurkiewicz

Installing, Loading, Unloading, Updating, & Deleting

pacman Function	Base Equivalent	Description
`p_load`	`install.packages` + `library`	Loads and Install Packages
`p_install`	`install.packages`	Install Packages from CRAN
`p_load_gh`	NONE	Loads and Install GitHub Packages
`p_install_gh`	NONE	Install Packages from GitHub
`p_install_version`	`install.packages` & `packageVersion`	Install Minimum Version of Packages
`p_temp`	NONE	Install a Package Temporarily
`p_unload`	`detach`	Unloads Packages from the Search Path
`p_update`	`update.packages`	Update Out-of-Date Packages

Session Information

pacman Function	Base Equivalent	Description
`p_loaded`	`.packages` & `sessionInfo`	List Attached Packages
`p_isloaded`	NONE	Logical Test of Attached Package

Local Package Information

pacman Function	Base Equivalent	Description
`p_author`	`packageDescription`	Author of Package
`p_citation`	`citation`	Citation for Package
`p_data`	`data`	List Package Data Sets
`p_depends` & `p_depends_reverse`	`package_dependencies` & `dependsOnPkgs`	Package Dependencies/Reverse Dependencies Locally/on CRAN
`p_exists`	`available.packages` & `list.files` + `.libPaths`	Logical Check if Package Exists Locally/on CRAN
`p_functions`	`loadNamespace` + `getNamespaceExports`	Functions from Package
`p_help`	`help`	HTML/PDF Manuals Viewing
`p_information`	`packageDescription`	Information for Package
`p_interactive`	NONE	Search Packages Interactively
`p_news`	`news`	Package NEWS
`p_version`	`packageVersion` & `R.Version`	Version of Package
`p_vignette`	`browseVignettes`	Package Vignettes Viewing

Internet Based Package Information

pacman Function	Base Equivalent	Description
`p_cran`	`available.package`	List CRAN Package
`p_iscran`	`%in%` + `available.package`	Logical Test of CRAN
`p_search_any`	NONE	Search for Package by Author

Library Information

pacman Function	Base Equivalent	Description
`p_base`	NONE	List Base Package
`p_library`	`Sys.getenv` + `.packages`	List Packages in User's Library
`p_path`	`.libPaths`	Path to User's Package Library
`p_search_library`	NONE	Search Library Packages Via Partial Matching
`p_unlock`	NONE	Deletes 00LOCK Directory

pacman Tools

pacman Function	Base Equivalent	Description
`p_detectOS`	`Sys.info`	Detect Operating System
`p_extract`	NONE	Extract Packages from String
`p_opendir`	`system`/`shell`	Open a Directory