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Find all packages that depend on a specific one

Is it possible to scan all the packages on CRAN in order to find all those that are dependent on a specific package?

I have found out how to do that but only on the packages I have installed and that is not what I want.

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elisa Avatar asked May 28 '19 19:05

elisa


1 Answers

If you don't care about doing it programmatically, the easiest way is to look at the corresponding CRAN web page (i.e. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=PKGNAME) and look at the "Reverse depends:", "Reverse imports:", and "Reverse suggests:" sections.

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Ben Bolker Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 07:09

Ben Bolker