[BioC] Version package in release

[Martin Morgan]

On 03/22/2010 01:53 PM, Pierre-Yves wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> At the moment to know the latest version of a package in the release
> branch I am parsing the html of the page
> (http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/<Name>.html). I was
> wondering if there would be a easier way available to access this
> information.
> 
> Would anyone has an idea about this ?

Hi Pierre --

source('http://bioconductor.org/biocLite')
ap = available.packages(contrib.url(biocinstallRepos()))
ap['Biobase',]

or if the package is installed

packageDescription('Biobase')$Version

See also ?new.packages

Martin

> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Pierre
> 
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