在我的例子中，我想要一个可以从命令行(实际上是通过Makefile)运行的一行程序。下面是一个安装“VGAM”和“feather”的例子，如果它们还没有安装:

R -e 'for (p in c("VGAM", "feather")) if (!require(p, character.only=TRUE)) install.packages(p, repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org")'

在R内部，它就是:

for (p in c("VGAM", "feather")) if (!require(p, character.only=TRUE)) install.packages(p, repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org")

除了前面的解之外，这里没有别的解:

我只说一句 我硬编码回购参数(以避免任何弹出窗口询问使用的镜像) 我不想费心定义一个在其他地方使用的函数

还要注意重要的字符。only=TRUE(如果没有它，require将尝试加载包p)。

我想贡献一下我用的:

testin <- function(package){if (!package %in% installed.packages())    
install.packages(package)}
testin("packagename")

今天，我偶然发现了rlang包提供的两个方便函数，即is_installed()和check_installed()。

从帮助页面(强调添加):

These functions check that packages are installed with minimal side effects. If installed, the packages will be loaded but not attached. is_installed() doesn't interact with the user. It simply returns TRUE or FALSE depending on whether the packages are installed. In interactive sessions, check_installed() asks the user whether to install missing packages. If the user accepts, the packages are installed [...]. If the session is non interactive or if the user chooses not to install the packages, the current evaluation is aborted.

interactive()
#> [1] FALSE
rlang::is_installed(c("dplyr"))
#> [1] TRUE
rlang::is_installed(c("foobarbaz"))
#> [1] FALSE
rlang::check_installed(c("dplyr"))
rlang::check_installed(c("foobarbaz"))
#> Error:
#> ! The package `foobarbaz` is required.

由reprex包在2022-03-25创建(v2.0.1)

你可以使用require的返回值:

if(!require(somepackage)){
    install.packages("somepackage")
    library(somepackage)
}

我在安装后使用library，因为如果安装不成功或由于其他原因无法加载包，它将抛出异常。您可以使其更加健壮和可重用:

dynamic_require <- function(package){
  if(eval(parse(text=paste("require(",package,")")))) return(TRUE)
  
  install.packages(package)
  return(eval(parse(text=paste("require(",package,")"))))
}

此方法的缺点是必须以引号传递包名，而对于真正的require则不这样做。

library <- function(x){
  x = toString(substitute(x))
if(!require(x,character.only=TRUE)){
  install.packages(x)
  base::library(x,character.only=TRUE)
}}

这适用于不带引号的包名，并且相当优雅(参见GeoObserver的答案)

我已经实现了无声安装和加载所需R包的功能。希望也许会有所帮助。代码如下:

# Function to Install and Load R Packages
Install_And_Load <- function(Required_Packages)
{
    Remaining_Packages <- Required_Packages[!(Required_Packages %in% installed.packages()[,"Package"])];

    if(length(Remaining_Packages)) 
    {
        install.packages(Remaining_Packages);
    }
    for(package_name in Required_Packages)
    {
        library(package_name,character.only=TRUE,quietly=TRUE);
    }
}

# Specify the list of required packages to be installed and load    
Required_Packages=c("ggplot2", "Rcpp");

# Call the Function
Install_And_Load(Required_Packages);