Update packages that are missing or out-of-date.

Source: R/deps.R

Works similarly to utils::install.packages() but doesn't install packages that are already installed, and also upgrades out dated dependencies.

update_packages(
  packages = TRUE,
  dependencies = NA,
  upgrade = c("default", "ask", "always", "never"),
  force = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE,
  build = TRUE,
  build_opts = c("--no-resave-data", "--no-manual", "--no-build-vignettes"),
  build_manual = FALSE,
  build_vignettes = FALSE,
  repos = getOption("repos"),
  type = getOption("pkgType"),
  ...
)

Arguments

packages

Character vector of packages to update.
dependencies

Which dependencies do you want to check? Can be a character vector (selecting from "Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo", "Suggests", or "Enhances"), or a logical vector.

TRUE is shorthand for "Depends", "Imports", "LinkingTo" and "Suggests". NA is shorthand for "Depends", "Imports" and "LinkingTo" and is the default. FALSE is shorthand for no dependencies (i.e. just check this package, not its dependencies).
upgrade

One of "default", "ask", "always", or "never". "default" respects the value of the R_REMOTES_UPGRADE environment variable if set, and falls back to "ask" if unset. "ask" prompts the user for which out of date packages to upgrade. For non-interactive sessions "ask" is equivalent to "always". TRUE and FALSE are also accepted and correspond to "always" and "never" respectively.
force

Force installation, even if the remote state has not changed since the previous install.
quiet

If TRUE, suppress output.
build

If TRUE build the package before installing.
build_opts

Options to pass to R CMD build, only used when build
build_manual

If FALSE, don't build PDF manual ('--no-manual').
build_vignettes

If FALSE, don't build package vignettes ('--no-build-vignettes'). is TRUE.
repos

A character vector giving repositories to use.
type

Type of package to update.
...

Other arguments passed on to utils::install.packages().

See also

package_deps() to see which packages are out of date/ missing.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
update_packages("ggplot2")
update_packages(c("plyr", "ggplot2"))
}