installDataPackage         package:annotate         R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This function can be used to easily download and install a data
     package from the Bioconductor website.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     installDataPackage(pkga, liba = .libPaths()[1])

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    pkga: The name of the desired data package

    liba: The install library, defaulting to the base library

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     installDataPackage uses the 'reposTools' package to perform the
     actual download and install - this function is mainly just a
     simplified wrapper for 'install.packages2'.  It connects to the
     data package repository at <URL:
     http://www.bioconductor.org/data/dataRepos>, and attempts to get
     the requested package.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeff Gentry

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'install.packages2'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       z <- tempfile()
       dir.create(z)
       installDataPackage("GO", liba=z)

