Query the system requirements for a package (and its dependencies)

Returns a character vector of commands to run that will install system requirements for the queried operating system.

Usage

system_requirements(
  os,
  os_release = NULL,
  path = ".",
  package = NULL,
  curl = Sys.which("curl")
)

os, os_release

The operating system and operating system release version, see https://github.com/rstudio/r-system-requirements#operating-systems for the list of supported operating systems.

If os_release is NULL, os must consist of the operating system and the version separated by a dash, e.g. "ubuntu-18.04".

path

The path to the dev package's root directory.

package

CRAN package name(s) to lookup system requirements for. If not NULL, this is used and path is ignored.

curl

The location of the curl binary on your system.

A character vector of commands needed to install the system requirements for the package.