[R] R package dependencies

[Seth Falcon]

On 1/13/10 11:21 AM, James W. MacDonald wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> The pkgDepTools package from Bioconductor will help with question
> #1:
>
> http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.5/bioc/html/pkgDepTools.html
>
> I am not positive on this, but I believe this package is also used
> to determine the reverse dependencies that would be listed on that
> page if there were any for this package. An example with reverse
> dependencies is e.g., the IRanges package:
>
> http://bioconductor.org/packages/2.5/bioc/html/IRanges.html
>
> The maintainer (Seth Falcon) would know for sure if the package will
> do reverse dependencies as well.

There is an example in the vignette for pkgDepTools that shows how to
get reverse dependencies:

> The edge directions of the dependency graph can be reversed and the
> resulting graph used to determine the set of packages that make use
> of (even indirectly) a given package. For example, one might like to
> know which packages make use of the methods package. Here is one way
> to do that: <example follows in the vignette>

+ seth

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