Install 'ctags' from a clone of the 'git' repository

'ctags' is installed with this package on both Windows and macOS systems; this is an additional function to install from source on Unix systems.

Usage

ctags_install(bin_dir = NULL, sudo = TRUE)

Arguments

bin_dir

Prefix to pass to the autoconf configure command defining location to install the binary, with default of /usr/local.

sudo

Set to FALSE if sudo is not available, in which case a value for bin_dir will also have to be explicitly specified, and be a location where a binary is able to be installed without sudo privileges.

Value

Nothing; the function will fail if installation fails, otherwise returns nothing.

See also

Other tags: ctags_test(), tags_data()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
ctags_install (bin_dir = "/usr/local") # default
}