This is simply a wrapper around tools::package_dependencies
This is simply a wrapper around utils::packageVersion to 1) allow a
vector of package names to be passed as an argument; 2) to warn instead of error
when a package is not installed; and 3) return versions as character strings.
pkgDeps(x, type = NULL) pkgVers(x, lib.loc = NULL) pkgAuthors(x)
| x | An installed package name. | 
|---|---|
| type | One of  | 
| lib.loc | a character vector of directory names of R libraries, or NULL. The default value of NULL corresponds to all libraries currently known. If the default is used, the loaded packages and namespaces are searched before the libraries. | 
A character vector of package dependencies.
A character vector of package dependencies.
A person vector of package authors.