[R] How do I install (download) a package with my own package?

[Uwe Ligges]

See Writing R Extensions:
You can declare dependencies and install.packages(...) and its argument 
"dependencies" can handle automatical installation of dependencies.

Uwe Ligges


On 28.10.2010 21:13, Ian Schiller wrote:
> I want to create my own package in which some of my functions depend on functions already existing in another package that is not part of the default library (i.e. when you install R for the first time, you need to download that package to access the functions.)
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> Is there a way to bundle this existing package with the package I will create so that one doesn't have to install my package and then the package in which some of my functions depend on?
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> Thanks!
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> Ian
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