Add a flavour "base" to the scaffold files

[jennybc]

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[galbraic]

My attempt at the morning exercise in base...

use installed.packages() to get all installed packages

how many packages?

pkg <- as.data.frame(installed.packages())
nrow(pkg)
head(pkg)

#' Exploring the packages

count some things! inspiration

summary(pkg)

* tabulate by LibPath, Priority, or both

table(pkg$Priority)
table(pkg$LibPath)

* what proportion need compilation?

table(pkg$NeedsCompilation)

* how break down re: version of R they were built on

table(pkg$Built)

#' Reflections

reflect on ^^ and make a few notes to yourself; inspiration

* does the number of base + recommended packages make sense to you?

table(pkg$Priority)
pkg[which(pkg$Priority == 'base'), ]
pkg[which(pkg$Priority == 'recommended'), ]

* how does the result of .libPaths() relate to the result of .Library?

both give same results, but are located in different directories....

.libPaths() # gives package source available to R version of current session
.Library # gives package source for all R versions installed on a machine

#' Going further

if you have time to do more ...

is every package in .Library either base or recommended?

dir(.Library) %in% pkg$Package[which(pkg$Priority %in% c("base", "recommended"))]

not for me... Jenny sets hers up so this is true