rip

rip (R Install Package) is a lightweight CLI wrapper around Rscript written in Rust that simplifies installing R packages through terminal commands.

Features

• Install single or multiple packages in one command
• Default CRAN mirror set to https://cloud.r-project.org/
• Optionally specify a different repository with -r / --repository
• Optionally install to a library path with -l / --library

Prerequisites

• Rust toolchain (e.g., via rustup)
• R with Rscript available on your PATH

Installation

cargo install --git https://github.com/albersonmiranda/rip

Usage

rip [OPTIONS] <PACKAGE> [<PACKAGE> ...]

Examples:

# Install a single package
rip ggplot2

# Install multiple packages at once
rip ggplot2 lubridate mlr3

# Use a custom CRAN mirror
rip -r https://cran.rstudio.com/ dplyr

# Install into a specific library path
rip -l /path/to/R/library ggplot2

Options:

-r, --repository <REPOSITORY>   CRAN mirror URL [default: https://cloud.r-project.org/]
-l, --library <LIBRARY>         Path to install package library (optional)
-h, --help                      Print help information
-V, --version                   Print version information

Uninstall

If installed via Cargo:

cargo uninstall rip

Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to open a PR or issue.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.