Download Binary Packages — binary

The R temporary directory is created using tempdir() that consults the environment values of TMPDIR, TMP, or TEMP to establish the path. We need to use a temporary directory as root is not guaranteed to have access to user's files.

Usage

binary_download(
  url,
  binary_file_name = base::basename(url),
  verbose = TRUE,
  mode = "wb",
  timeout = 600
)

Arguments

url: A link containing the binary file to download.
binary_file_name: Name of the binary file to save. Default basname(url)
verbose: Display a status messages. Default true
mode: Mode to use for download. Default is "wb" (binary mode)
timeout: Timeout in seconds. Default is 600 (10 minutes)

Value

The file path for the binary file in the temporary R directory

Details

Downloads a binary package onto a user's computer into the temporary directory.