Extract Installable Package References from renv.lock for Use with pak
Source:R/general_pak_from_renv.R
pak_from_renv.RdThis function parses a given renv.lock file and extracts all package
references that can be directly installed using the pak package
pak::pkg_install. It supports a wide range of repositories, including CRAN,
Bioconductor, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and other common remote sources, as
well as tarball URLs. The function returns a list of multiple character
vectors:
pak: installable references forpak(CRAN/BioC only, no remotes)tarballs: package references for tarball URLs, formatted for pak aspkg=url::https://...if the package name is known, or justurl::https://...if not.remote: GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket package references, formatted for pak asgithub::user/repo,gitlab::user/repo, orbitbucket::user/repo(or, if the package name differs from the repo, aspkg=github::user/repoetc.).
Value
A list with the following elements:
- pak
Character vector of installable references for
pak(CRAN/BioC only)- tarballs
Character vector of tarball URLs in pak syntax (see Details)
- remote
Character vector of all remote package references in pak syntax
Details
These lists allow you to separately process packages by source, or install GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket packages without strict versioning/commit, which can sometimes help avoid dependency resolution conflicts in pak (and other tools). Tarball URLs are provided in a pak-compatible format.
renv is a popular R
package for project-local dependency management, creating lock files
(renv.lock) to ensure reproducible environments.
pak is a fast, parallel package installer that
works with CRAN, GitHub, Bioconductor, and other sources, but does not
natively install from renv.lock. This function bridges the gap, enabling
fast, parallel installation of all packages specified in a lockfile using
pak, and allows you to reuse pak's cache with renv::restore for speed
and reliability.
The function is used to extract a complete list of installable references
from any renv.lock for rapid, parallel installation via pak. After
installing with pak::pkg_install, you can run renv::restore to link
cached packages, ensuring a reproducible environment with minimal download
time.
In addition to the main installable references, the function outputs a
separate list for all remotes (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) in pak-compatible
syntax, and a tarballs list in pak-compatible syntax (url:: or
pkg=url::...).
See also
pak::pkg_install(), renv::restore(), remotes::install_url()
Examples
lock_path <- file.path(
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cosname/",
"rmarkdown-guide/master/renv.lock")
(pak_packages <- pak_from_renv(lockfile = lock_path))
#> $pak
#> [1] "DBI@1.1.2" "DiagrammeR@1.0.9"
#> [3] "MASS@7.3-57" "Matrix@1.4-1"
#> [5] "R6@2.5.1" "RColorBrewer@1.1-3"
#> [7] "RSQLite@2.2.13" "Rcpp@1.0.8.3"
#> [9] "RcppTOML@0.1.7" "askpass@1.1"
#> [11] "assertthat@0.2.1" "babynames@1.0.1"
#> [13] "base64enc@0.1-3" "bit64@4.0.5"
#> [15] "bit@4.0.4" "blob@1.2.3"
#> [17] "bookdown@0.26" "brio@1.1.3"
#> [19] "bslib@0.3.1" "cachem@1.0.6"
#> [21] "callr@3.7.0" "cli@3.3.0"
#> [23] "clipr@0.8.0" "colorspace@2.0-3"
#> [25] "commonmark@1.8.0" "cpp11@0.4.2"
#> [27] "crayon@1.5.1" "crosstalk@1.2.0"
#> [29] "curl@4.3.2" "desc@1.4.1"
#> [31] "diffobj@0.3.5" "digest@0.6.29"
#> [33] "distill@1.3" "downlit@0.4.0"
#> [35] "downloader@0.4" "dplyr@1.0.9"
#> [37] "dygraphs@1.1.1.6" "ellipsis@0.3.2"
#> [39] "evaluate@0.15" "fansi@1.0.3"
#> [41] "farver@2.1.0" "fastmap@1.1.0"
#> [43] "filehash@2.4-3" "flexdashboard@0.5.2"
#> [45] "fontawesome@0.2.2" "formatR@1.12"
#> [47] "fs@1.5.2" "gdtools@0.2.4"
#> [49] "generics@0.1.2" "ggplot2@3.3.5"
#> [51] "ggrepel@0.9.1" "gifski@1.6.6-1"
#> [53] "glue@1.6.2" "gridExtra@2.3"
#> [55] "gtable@0.3.0" "here@1.0.1"
#> [57] "highr@0.9" "hms@1.1.1"
#> [59] "htmltools@0.5.2" "htmlwidgets@1.5.4"
#> [61] "httpuv@1.6.5" "httr@1.4.3"
#> [63] "huxtable@5.4.0" "igraph@1.3.1"
#> [65] "influenceR@0.1.0.1" "isoband@0.2.5"
#> [67] "jquerylib@0.1.4" "jsonlite@1.8.0"
#> [69] "kableExtra@1.3.4" "knitr@1.39"
#> [71] "labeling@0.4.2" "later@1.3.0"
#> [73] "lattice@0.20-45" "lazyeval@0.2.2"
#> [75] "leaflet.providers@1.9.0" "leaflet@2.1.1"
#> [77] "lifecycle@1.0.1" "lubridate@1.8.0"
#> [79] "magick@2.7.3" "magrittr@2.0.3"
#> [81] "markdown@1.3" "memoise@2.0.1"
#> [83] "mgcv@1.8-40" "mime@0.12"
#> [85] "munsell@0.5.0" "nlme@3.1-157"
#> [87] "officedown@0.2.4" "officer@0.4.4"
#> [89] "openssl@2.0.4" "pillar@1.7.0"
#> [91] "pkgconfig@2.0.3" "pkgload@1.2.4"
#> [93] "plogr@0.2.0" "png@0.1-7"
#> [95] "praise@1.0.0" "prettydoc@0.4.1"
#> [97] "prettyunits@1.1.1" "processx@3.6.0"
#> [99] "progress@1.2.2" "promises@1.2.0.1"
#> [101] "ps@1.7.0" "purrr@0.3.4"
#> [103] "r2d3@0.2.6" "rappdirs@0.3.3"
#> [105] "raster@3.5-15" "readr@2.1.2"
#> [107] "rematch2@2.1.2" "renv@0.15.4"
#> [109] "reticulate@1.24" "rgl@0.108.3"
#> [111] "rlang@1.0.6" "rmarkdown@2.14"
#> [113] "rprojroot@2.0.3" "rstudioapi@0.13"
#> [115] "rticles@0.23" "rvest@1.0.2"
#> [117] "rvg@0.2.5" "sass@0.4.1"
#> [119] "scales@1.2.0" "selectr@0.4-2"
#> [121] "servr@0.24" "shiny@1.7.1"
#> [123] "sourcetools@0.1.7" "sp@1.4-7"
#> [125] "stringi@1.7.6" "stringr@1.4.0"
#> [127] "svglite@2.1.0" "sys@3.4"
#> [129] "systemfonts@1.0.4" "terra@1.5-21"
#> [131] "testthat@3.1.4" "tibble@3.1.7"
#> [133] "tidyr@1.2.0" "tidyselect@1.1.2"
#> [135] "tikzDevice@0.12.3.1" "tinytex@0.39"
#> [137] "tufte@0.12" "tzdb@0.3.0"
#> [139] "utf8@1.2.2" "uuid@1.1-0"
#> [141] "vctrs@0.4.1" "viridis@0.6.2"
#> [143] "viridisLite@0.4.0" "visNetwork@2.1.0"
#> [145] "vroom@1.5.7" "waldo@0.4.0"
#> [147] "webshot@0.5.3" "whisker@0.4"
#> [149] "withr@2.5.0" "xaringan@0.24"
#> [151] "xaringanExtra@0.7.0" "xfun@0.31"
#> [153] "xml2@1.3.3" "xtable@1.8-4"
#> [155] "xts@0.12.1" "yaml@2.3.5"
#> [157] "zip@2.2.0" "zoo@1.8-10"
#>
#> $tarballs
#> character(0)
#>
#> $remote
#> character(0)
#>
# Install packages using pak
# pak::pak_install(pak_packages$pak)
# Install all remote packages (latest HEAD, no SHA)
# pak::pak_install(pak_packages$remote)
# Install tarballs
# pak::pak_install(pak_packages$tarballs)