This function downloads a specific version of an R package from a repository,
extracts it, and parses its dependencies from the DESCRIPTION file.
Usage
download_and_parse_dependencies(package_name, version = NA)
Arguments
- package_name
A character string representing the name of the package to download.
- version
A character string specifying the version of the package to download. Defaults to `NA`, which fetches the latest version.
Value
A data frame containing:
- `package`: The name of the dependency.
- `type`: The type of dependency (e.g., "Imports").
- `parent_package`: The original package for which dependencies were parsed.
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
download_and_parse_dependencies("dplyr")
} # }
