Get dependency version from DESCRIPTION file — desc_dep_vrsn • pal

Returns the version of the specified pkg dependency from a DESCRIPTION file.

Usage

desc_dep_vrsn(
  pkg,
  file = ".",
  types = c("Imports", "Depends", "Suggests", "Enhances", "LinkingTo")
)

Arguments

pkg: R package name. A character scalar. Defaults to the name of the calling package.
file: DESCRIPTION file to use. By default the DESCRIPTION file of the current package (i.e. the package the working directory is part of) is used.
types: Dependency types to be considered. If pkg is listed in multiple dependency types, the maximally required version is returned.

Value

A numeric version.

See also

Other package DESCRIPTION functions: desc_get_field_safe(), desc_list(), desc_url_git()

Examples

fs::path_package(package = "dplyr") |> pal::desc_dep_vrsn(pkg = "tibble")
#> [1] ‘3.2.0’