locatexec: Detection and Localization of Executable Files

A set of functions to locate some programs available on the user machine. It can locate 'Node.js', 'npm', 'LibreOffice', 'Microsoft Word', 'Microsoft PowerPoint', 'Microsoft Excel', 'Python', 'pip', 'Mozilla Firefox', 'Google Chrome', 'Air' and 'Pandoc'. The user can test the availability of a program, optionally with a required version, and call it with the functions system2() or system(). This allows the use of a single function to retrieve the path to a program regardless of the operating system and its configuration.

Version:	0.2.0
Imports:	utils
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2026-05-25
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.locatexec
Author:	David Gohel [aut, cre], ArData [cph]
Maintainer:	David Gohel <david.gohel at ardata.fr>
BugReports:	https://github.com/ardata-fr/locatexec/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://ardata-fr.github.io/locatexec/
NeedsCompilation:	no
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	locatexec results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

locatexec.html , locatexec.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	locatexec_0.2.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: locatexec_0.1.1.zip, r-release: locatexec_0.1.1.zip, r-oldrel: locatexec_0.1.1.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): locatexec_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): locatexec_0.2.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): locatexec_0.2.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): locatexec_0.2.0.tgz
Old sources:	locatexec archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports:

doconv

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