require: Package dependencies for reproducible research

Sergio Correia and Matthew P. Seay ()
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Matthew P. Seay: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Stata Journal, 2024, vol. 24, issue 4, 599-613

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.

Keywords: require; SSC; which; reproducible research; package management; dependency management; GitHub (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/1536867X241297915

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