A Fresh Approach to R Package Installation
pak installs R packages from CRAN, Bioconductor, GitHub, URLs, git repositories, local files and directories. It is an alternative to install.packages() and devtools::install_github(). pak is fast, safe and convenient.
🚀 Short tour
Install or update packages from CRAN or Bioconductor
pak::pkg_install("tibble")#> ✔ Loading metadata database ... done #> #> → Will install 11 packages. #> → Will download 11 CRAN packages (4.52 MB). #> + cli 3.6.3 [bld][cmp][dl] (569.77 kB) #> + fansi 1.0.6 [bld][cmp][dl] (482.48 kB) #> + glue 1.7.0 [bld][cmp][dl] (105.42 kB) #> + lifecycle 1.0.4 [bld][dl] (107.66 kB) #> + magrittr 2.0.3 [bld][cmp][dl] (267.07 kB) #> + pillar 1.9.0 [bld][dl] (444.53 kB) #> + pkgconfig 2.0.3 [bld][dl] (6.08 kB) #> + rlang 1.1.4 [bld][cmp][dl] (763.76 kB) #> + tibble 3.2.1 [bld][cmp][dl] (565.98 kB) #> + utf8 1.2.4 [bld][cmp][dl] (241.08 kB) #> + vctrs 0.6.5 [bld][cmp][dl] (969.07 kB) #> #> ℹ Getting 11 pkgs (4.52 MB) #> ✔ Got pkgconfig 2.0.3 (source) (6.08 kB) #> ✔ Got glue 1.7.0 (source) (105.42 kB) #> ✔ Got magrittr 2.0.3 (source) (267.07 kB) #> ✔ Got fansi 1.0.6 (source) (482.48 kB) #> ✔ Got cli 3.6.3 (source) (568.16 kB) #> ✔ Got tibble 3.2.1 (source) (565.98 kB) #> ✔ Got lifecycle 1.0.4 (source) (107.66 kB) #> ✔ Got utf8 1.2.4 (source) (241.08 kB) #> ✔ Got pillar 1.9.0 (source) (444.53 kB) #> ✔ Got rlang 1.1.4 (source) (767.04 kB) #> ✔ Got vctrs 0.6.5 (source) (969.07 kB) #> ℹ Building cli 3.6.3 #> ℹ Building fansi 1.0.6 #> ℹ Building glue 1.7.0 #> ℹ Building magrittr 2.0.3 #> ✔ Built magrittr 2.0.3 (2.1s) #> ℹ Building pkgconfig 2.0.3 #> ✔ Built glue 1.7.0 (2.6s) #> ℹ Building rlang 1.1.4 #> ✔ Built pkgconfig 2.0.3 (1.4s) #> ℹ Building utf8 1.2.4 #> ✔ Built fansi 1.0.6 (6.3s) #> ✔ Installed fansi 1.0.6 (45ms) #> ✔ Installed glue 1.7.0 (41ms) #> ✔ Installed magrittr 2.0.3 (39ms) #> ✔ Installed pkgconfig 2.0.3 (65ms) #> ✔ Built utf8 1.2.4 (5.2s) #> ✔ Installed utf8 1.2.4 (64ms) #> ✔ Built cli 3.6.3 (12s) #> ✔ Installed cli 3.6.3 (33ms) #> ✔ Built rlang 1.1.4 (12.6s) #> ✔ Installed rlang 1.1.4 (1s) #> ℹ Building lifecycle 1.0.4 #> ✔ Built lifecycle 1.0.4 (1.4s) #> ✔ Installed lifecycle 1.0.4 (1s) #> ℹ Building vctrs 0.6.5 #> ✔ Built vctrs 0.6.5 (15.8s) #> ✔ Installed vctrs 0.6.5 (1s) #> ℹ Building pillar 1.9.0 #> ✔ Built pillar 1.9.0 (3.2s) #> ✔ Installed pillar 1.9.0 (28ms) #> ℹ Building tibble 3.2.1 #> ✔ Built tibble 3.2.1 (3s) #> ✔ Installed tibble 3.2.1 (1.2s) #> ✔ 1 pkg + 10 deps: added 11, dld 11 (4.52 MB) [50.6s]
Install packages from GitHub
pak::pkg_install("tidyverse/tibble")#> #> → Will update 1 package. #> → The package (0 B) is cached. #> + tibble 3.2.1 → 3.2.1.9027 [bld][cmp] (GitHub: fcb2461) #> #> ℹ No downloads are needed, 1 pkg is cached #> ✔ Got tibble 3.2.1.9027 (source) (5.25 MB) #> ℹ Packaging tibble 3.2.1.9027 #> ✔ Packaged tibble 3.2.1.9027 (1.3s) #> ℹ Building tibble 3.2.1.9027 #> ✔ Built tibble 3.2.1.9027 (2.8s) #> ✔ Installed tibble 3.2.1.9027 (github::tidyverse/tibble@fcb2461) (1s) #> ✔ 1 pkg + 10 deps: kept 10, upd 1, dld 1 (NA B) [8.6s]
Look up dependencies
pak::pkg_deps_tree("tibble")#> tibble 3.2.1 [new][bld][cmp] #> ├─fansi 1.0.6 [new][bld][cmp] #> ├─lifecycle 1.0.4 [new][bld] #> │ ├─cli 3.6.3 [new][bld][cmp] #> │ ├─glue 1.7.0 [new][bld][cmp] #> │ └─rlang 1.1.4 [new][bld][cmp] #> ├─magrittr 2.0.3 [new][bld][cmp] #> ├─pillar 1.9.0 [new][bld] #> │ ├─cli #> │ ├─fansi #> │ ├─glue #> │ ├─lifecycle #> │ ├─rlang #> │ ├─utf8 1.2.4 [new][bld][cmp] #> │ └─vctrs 0.6.5 [new][bld][cmp] #> │ ├─cli #> │ ├─glue #> │ ├─lifecycle #> │ └─rlang #> ├─pkgconfig 2.0.3 [new][bld] #> ├─rlang #> └─vctrs #> #> Key: [new] new | [bld] build | [cmp] compile
Explain dependencies
pak::pkg_deps_explain("tibble", "rlang")#> tibble -> lifecycle -> rlang #> tibble -> pillar -> lifecycle -> rlang #> tibble -> pillar -> rlang #> tibble -> pillar -> vctrs -> lifecycle -> rlang #> tibble -> pillar -> vctrs -> rlang #> tibble -> rlang #> tibble -> vctrs -> lifecycle -> rlang #> tibble -> vctrs -> rlang
Install a local package and its dependencies
pak::local_install("cli")#> #> → Will update 1 package. #> → The package (0 B) is cached. #> + cli 3.6.3 → 3.6.3 [bld][cmp] #> #> ℹ No downloads are needed, 1 pkg is cached #> ✔ Got cli 3.6.3 (source) (568.16 kB) #> ℹ Packaging cli 3.6.3 #> ✔ Packaged cli 3.6.3 (967ms) #> ℹ Building cli 3.6.3 #> ✔ Built cli 3.6.3 (7.8s) #> ✔ Installed cli 3.6.3 (local) (34ms) #> ✔ 1 pkg: upd 1, dld 1 (568.16 kB) [9.6s]
🔗 Quick links (start here if in doubt!)
How do I … ?
Start at Get Started with pak to solve specific issues.
FAQ
Check out the list of frequently asked questions.
Reference
The complete reference of pak functions is the most complete source of information about pak.
I have a(nother) question
Don’t hesitate to ask at the RStudio Community forum. Use the pak tag.
I would like to report a bug
Head to the pak issue tracker.
✨ Features
⚡ Fast - parallel downloads and installation, caching, etc.
🦺 Safe - dependency solver, system dependency solver, etc.
🏪 Convenient - packages from multiple sources, time travel, etc.
See the complete list of awesome features.
⬇️ Installation
Pre-built binaries
Install a binary build of pak from our repository on GitHub:
install.packages("pak", repos = sprintf("https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/stable/%s/%s/%s", .Platform$pkgType, R.Version()$os, R.Version()$arch))This is supported for the following systems:
| OS | CPU | R version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | x86_64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel |
| Linux | aarch64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel |
| macOS High Sierra+ | x86_64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel |
| macOS Big Sur+ | aarch64 | R 4.1.0 - R-devel |
| Windows | x86_64 | R 3.5.0 - R-devel |
For macOS we only support the official CRAN R build. Other builds, e.g. Homebrew R, are not supported.
Install from CRAN
Install the released version of the package from CRAN as usual:
install.packages("pak")This potentially needs a C compiler on platforms CRAN does not have binaries packages for.
Other platforms and nightly builds
See the installation page!