Install (Missing) Packages — install

extract_pkgs() extracts required package from various objects, including TaskGenerator, Learner, Measure and objects from extension packages such as mlr3pipelines or mlr3filters. If applied on a list, the function is called recursively on all elements.

install_pkgs() calls extract_pkgs() internally and proceeds with the installation of extracted packages.

Usage

install_pkgs(x, ...)

extract_pkgs(x)

# S3 method for character
extract_pkgs(x)

# S3 method for R6
extract_pkgs(x)

# S3 method for list
extract_pkgs(x)

# S3 method for ResampleResult
extract_pkgs(x)

# S3 method for BenchmarkResult
extract_pkgs(x)

Arguments

x: (any)
Object with package information (or a list of such objects).
...: (any)
Additional arguments passed down to remotes::install_cran() or remotes::install_github(). Arguments force and upgrade are often important in this context.

Value

extract_pkgs() returns a character() of package strings, install_pkgs() returns the names of extracted packages invisibly.

Details

If a package contains a forward slash ('/'), it is assumed to be a package hosted on GitHub in "<user>/<repo>" format, and the string will be passed to remotes::install_github(). Otherwise, the package name will be passed to remotes::install_cran().

Examples

extract_pkgs(lrns(c("regr.rpart", "regr.featureless")))
#> [1] "mlr3"  "rpart" "stats"