Re: [R-pkg-devel] Checking package dependencies before loading namespace

Two more comments. 1. Note that your code only works in interactice mode, not when checking your package as it waits infinitely for the user's choice. 2. I do not see an advantage of installing BiocManager if EBImage is needed, the essential part is simply to select BioC as a repository to i

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Checking package dependencies before loading namespace

People shouldn't be able to install your package unless the "hard" dependencies are available. If EBImage isn't essential to your package, you should make it a "soft" dependency by listing it in Suggests and checking for it every time you use it. Duncan Murdoch On 31/08/2021 3:20 p.m., Tiag

[R-pkg-devel] Checking package dependencies before loading namespace

Dear all, I have a package called pliman which depends on the Bioconductor package EBImage. When running install.packages("pliman") I get the following warning Warning in install.packages : dependency ‘EBImage’ is not available and thus when loading t