/pacman

A package management tools for R

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pacman

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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.

Installation

The user can install from CRAN via:

install.packages("pacman")

You can also download the dev version via zip ball or tar ball, decompress and run R CMD INSTALL on it, or use the devtools package to install the development version:

## Make sure your current packages are up to date
update.packages()
## devtools is required
library(devtools)
install_github("trinker/pacman")

Note: Windows users need Rtools and devtools to install this way.

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Installing, Loading, Unloading, Updating, & Deleting Packages with pacman

Quick Reference Table

pacman Function Base Equivalent Description
p_load install.packages + library Load and Install Packages
p_install install.packages Install Packages from CRAN
p_load_gh NONE Load 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 Unload Packages from the Search Path
p_update update.packages Update Out-of-Date Packages