RPkg.jl

An R Package Manager from Julia with ❤️

RPkg.jl is a meta package built on top of RCall.jl. Even though RCall.jl functions try as much as they can, to blur the lines between R syntax and Julia syntax in a Julia session, R package management is an area where the user is forced to write R scripts. Through RPKg.jl we are introducing Julia Pkg style syntax for managing your R-packages while using RCall. RPkg also exposes all the functions from RCall, so you don't have to load it separately.

APIs

Function	Description
RPkg.add()	Add package(s)
RPkg.rm()	Remove package(s)
RPkg.activate()	Activate the Project Environment in the current working directory
RPkg.instantiate()	Create a new Project Environment
RPkg.status()	List the packages in your Environment
RPkg.update()	Update package(s)
RPkg.build()	re-Build package(s)
RPkg.resolve()	Resolve dependency issues in the project enviornment

Note: RPkg supports installation via CRAN and GitHub

• To install packages from CRAN, RPkg.add("pkgname")
  • If you want to install multiple packages, RPkg.add("Pkg1", "Pkg2", "Pkg3")
• The option to install packages from GitHub only works in local r-project enviornments. So first run RPkg.instantiate() before proceeding to the following steps:
  • To install packages from GitHub URL, you first need to install devtools using RPkg, then using the RPkg.add("username/reponame") syntax you can install the package from GitHub repo.
    • For eg., if you want to install the package from https://github.com/ralmond/CPTtools, then after having the devtools insalled you can use RPkg.add("ralmond/CPTtools").

Example

julia> using RPkg
julia> RPkg.add("bnlearn")
julia> @rlibrary bnlearn # @rlibrary is a macro from RCall

Know issues:

• In Windows machines, RPkg only works inside a local project environment. So before attempting to install any packages using RPkg, you need to create a local project enviornmnet using RPkg.instanitate().
• RPkg.status() is broken