Check Posit Package Manager support

Reports whether a platform is currently served by Posit Package Manager and whether it has system requirement metadata and binary packages.

Usage

check_ppm(platform = NULL, base_url = ppm_default_base_url())

Arguments

platform

Platform specification accepted by resolve_platform().

base_url

Posit Package Manager base URL.

Value

A list with the matched platform and Package Manager status.

See also

Other ppm: ppm_platforms(), ppm_repo(), ppm_sysreqs(), use_ppm()

Examples

# \donttest{
check_ppm("ubuntu-22.04")
#> $supported
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $binaries
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $platform
#> $os
#> [1] "linux"
#> 
#> $distro
#> [1] "ubuntu"
#> 
#> $version
#> [1] "22.04"
#> 
#> $codename
#> [1] "jammy"
#> 
#> $package_manager
#> [1] "apt"
#> 
#> $ppm_binary_url
#> [1] "jammy"
#> 
#> $supported
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $label
#> [1] "Ubuntu 22.04"
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "sysreqr_platform"
#> 
#> $ppm
#> $ppm$name
#> [1] "jammy"
#> 
#> $ppm$os
#> [1] "linux"
#> 
#> $ppm$binaryDisplay
#> [1] "Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)"
#> 
#> $ppm$binaryURL
#> [1] "jammy"
#> 
#> $ppm$display
#> [1] "Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)"
#> 
#> $ppm$distribution
#> [1] "ubuntu"
#> 
#> $ppm$release
#> [1] "22.04"
#> 
#> $ppm$build_distribution
#> [1] ""
#> 
#> $ppm$sysReqs
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $ppm$binaries
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $ppm$hidden
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $ppm$official_rspm
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $ppm$arch
#> $ppm$arch[[1]]
#> [1] "x86_64"
#> 
#> 
#> 
#> $version
#> [1] "2026.05.0"
#> 
check_ppm("fedora-40")
#> $supported
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $binaries
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $platform
#> $os
#> [1] "linux"
#> 
#> $distro
#> [1] "fedora"
#> 
#> $version
#> [1] "40"
#> 
#> $codename
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $package_manager
#> [1] "dnf"
#> 
#> $ppm_binary_url
#> [1] NA
#> 
#> $supported
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $label
#> [1] "fedora 40"
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "sysreqr_platform"
#> 
#> $ppm
#> NULL
#> 
#> $version
#> [1] "2026.05.0"
#> 
# }