% File src/library/utils/man/aqua/browse.pkgs.Rd
% Part of the R package, http://www.R-project.org
% Copyright 1995-2007 R Core Development Team
% Distributed under GPL 2 or later

\name{browse.pkgs}
\alias{browse.pkgs}
\alias{browse.install.pkgs}
\title{Download R packages}
\description{
    Visual browsers for downloading R binary or source packages from a
  repository, usually invoked from the Packages menu. \code{browse.pkgs}
  shows all available packages, \code{browse.update.pkgs} shows only
  installed packages with different version numbers on the repository.
}
\usage{
browse.pkgs(where = c("CRAN", "BIOC"), type = c("binary", "source"),
            contriburl, global = FALSE)

browse.update.pkgs(where = c("CRAN", "BIOC"), type = c("binary","source"),
                   in.place = TRUE)
}
%- maybe also 'usage' for other objects documented here.
\arguments{
  \item{where}{Browse \code{"CRAN"} or \code{"BIOConductor"}}
  \item{type}{Type of package to download}
  \item{contriburl}{Different URL to browse. Overrides \code{where}}
  \item{global}{Not implemented}
  \item{in.place}{Put the new package in the same directory as the old version}
}
\details{
  The \code{CRAN} and \code{BIOC} URLs are set in R with Aqua GUI
  Preferences. Packages are install in \code{.libPaths()[1]}, which is
  typically \file{~/Library/R/library}.
}
\value{
  Used for its side effects
}
\seealso{
  \code{install.binaries},
  \code{install.packages},
  \code{update}.
}
\keyword{connection}
\keyword{utilities}