getDependings {reposTools} | R Documentation |
This function is used to list which packages are depending on other packages within a CRAN style repository.
getDependings(repository, depLevel = c("Depends", "Suggests"), method="auto")
repository |
The URL of a CRAN style repository |
depLevel |
Which dependency level to be using |
method |
Download method to use. Same as in download.file . |
A list with an element for every package in the repository. If a particular package is not depended on by anything, then the value of that element will be NULL, otherwise a character vector of every package depending on it will be present.
Jeff Gentry
z <- getDependings(contrib.url(getOption("BIOC")))