base64

2.0.2

Base64 Encoder and Decoder

5packages depend

99Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

12/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Jeroen OomsFirst published 2011-12-034 releasesCRAN page ↗

Compatibility wrapper to replace the orphaned package. New applications should use base64 encoders from 'jsonlite' or 'openssl' or 'base64enc'.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("base64", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-base64

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-base64

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-base64

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

1NOTE12OK

Failing flavors

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

Slowest check: 45 s · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

not tracked

Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

Dependencies · direct

Check history

NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 0%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

99K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,371 · ~271/day · ~8.3K/mo

Releases R versions

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (0)

none

Imports (1)

openssl

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

5direct

0indirect

moodlequizR ndtv vegalite AdhereR pkgndep

Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Jeroen Ooms

Author, Maintainer · added in 2.0

Authors (1)

Jeroen Ooms

Author, Maintainer · added in 2.0

Listed in earlier versions (2)

Romain Francois

no longer listed · 1.1

based on code by Bob Trower available at http://base64.sourceforge.net/

no longer listed · 1.1

Package Timeline

4 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
2.0.2Latest
2024-10-04 · current release · diff ↗
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
2.0.1
2022-08-19 · diff ↗
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
2.0
2016-05-10 · diff ↗
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10

Show 5 earlier events

R
R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03
orphanedOrphaned by its maintainer
2012-07-18
the original maintainer, 'Romain Francois <romain@r-enthusiasts.com>', is unresponsive
R
R 2.15.0 released · 2012-03-30
1.1
2011-12-03
R
R 2.14.0 released · 2011-10-31

Package metadata

First published: 2011-12-03
Total releases: 4 / 15 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Download size: 51 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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