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require: Package dependencies for reproducible research

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  • Sergio Correia

    (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

  • Matthew P. Seay

    (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Abstract

The ability to conduct reproducible research in Stata is often limited by the lack of version control for community-contributed packages. In this article, we introduce the require command, a tool designed to ensure package dependen- cies are compatible across users and computer systems. Given a list of packages, require verifies that each package is installed, checks for a minimum or exact version or package release date, and optionally installs the package if prompted by the researcher.

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  • Sergio Correia & Matthew P. Seay, 2024. "require: Package dependencies for reproducible research," Stata Journal, StataCorp LP, vol. 24(4), pages 599-613, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:24:y:2024:i:4:p:599-613
    DOI: 10.1177/1536867X241297915
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