utils-deprecated {utils} | R Documentation

## Deprecated Functions in Package utils

### Description

These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of R only, and may be defunct as soon as of the next release.

### Usage

    CRAN.packages(CRAN = getOption("repos"), method,
                  contriburl = contrib.url(CRAN))

### Arguments

`CRAN` | character, an earlier way to specify a repository.
`method` | Download method, see `download.file`.
`contriburl` | URL(s) of the contrib section of the repositories. Use this argument only if your CRAN mirror is incomplete, e.g., because you burned only the ‘contrib’ section on a CD. Overrides argument `repos`.

### See Also

`Deprecated`, `Defunct`

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