showPacks function

Show Packages Required But Not Installed

Show the packages specified by the user and compare these to the installed packages on the user's system. Display packages not installed.

showPacks(packs=c("PBSmodelling","PBSmapping","PBSddesolve",
    "rgl","deSolve","akima","deldir","sp","maptools","KernSmooth"))

Arguments

• packs: string vector of package names that are compared to installed packages.

Returns

Invisibly returns a list of Apacks (all packages installed on user's system), Ipacks (packages in packs that are installed), and Mpacks (packages that are missing).

Author(s)

Jon T. Schnute, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo BC