isAvailable {EnrichmentBrowser} | R Documentation

## Is a required package available?

### Description

Convenience function for checking and installing required packages.

### Usage

    isAvailable(pkg, type = c("annotation", "software", "data"))

### Arguments

`pkg` | Character vector of length 1. A valid name of an existing R package.
`type` | Character vector of length 1. What type of package is this? Choose one out of 'annotation', 'software', or 'data' package.

### Details

Checks whether a required package is available in the library. If yes, the package is loaded via `require`. If not, the package is optionally installed via `biocLite` and, subsequently, loaded via `require`.

### Value

None. See details.

### Author(s)

Ludwig Geistlinger <Ludwig.Geistlinger@sph.cuny.edu>

### See Also

`require`, `biocLite`

### Examples

            isAvailable("EnrichmentBrowser", type="software")

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