RWsearch
Lazy Search in R Packages, Task Views, CRAN, the Web. All-in-One Download
Description
Search by keywords in R packages, task views, CRAN, the web and display the results in the console or in txt, html or pdf files. Download the package documentation (html index, README, NEWS, pdf manual, vignettes, source code, binaries) with a single instruction. Visualize the package dependencies and CRAN checks. Compare the package versions, unload and install the packages and their dependencies in a safe order. Explore CRAN archives. Use the above functions for task view maintenance. Access web search engines from the console thanks to 80+ bookmarks. All functions accept standard and non-standard evaluation.
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CRAN Check Status
Show all 13 flavors
| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 2, 2026
ERROR 11 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Apr 25, 2026
examples
Running examples in ‘RWsearch-Ex.R’ failed The error most likely occurred in: > ### Name: p_archive > ### Title: Read Packages in CRAN archive > ### Aliases: p_archive p_archive_lst l_targz > > ### ** Examples > > if (interactive()) p_archive(brew ...[truncated]... TTP/2 framing layer' Error in utils::download.file(url, destfile, method = "libcurl", quiet = TRUE, : cannot open URL 'https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/RWsearch' Calls: p_archive_lst -> trydownloadurl -> <Anonymous> Execution halted