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List of packages requiring updating

How can I create a list of packages that need updating, i.e. a table with the package name of the currently installed version and the version available in the repository?

I tried hack packageStatus() , installed.packages() , update.packages() , but I can not get these functions to create the desired output.

Please note that I do not want to update these packages; I just want to see the list mentioned.

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Take a look at old.packages() . on my system I have:

 R> old.packages() Package LibPath Installed Built ReposVer Repository bnlearn "bnlearn" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "3.4" "3.0.2" "3.5" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" deldir "deldir" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.1-4" "3.0.2" "0.1-5" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" devtools "devtools" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "1.3" "3.0.2" "1.4.1" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" digest "digest" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.6.3" "3.0.2" "0.6.4" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" extrafont "extrafont" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.15" "3.0.2" "0.16" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" forecast "forecast" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "4.8" "3.0.2" "5.1" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" foreign "foreign" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.8-57" "3.0.2" "0.8-59" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" Matrix "Matrix" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "1.1-0" "3.0.2" "1.1-2" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" matrixStats "matrixStats" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.8.12" "3.0.2" "0.8.14" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" mgcv "mgcv" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "1.7-27" "3.0.2" "1.7-28" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" mvtnorm "mvtnorm" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.9-9996" "3.0.2" "0.9-9997" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" party "party" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "1.0-11" "3.0.2" "1.0-13" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" R.methodsS3 "R.methodsS3" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "1.5.2" "3.0.2" "1.6.1" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" raster "raster" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "2.2-5" "3.0.2" "2.2-12" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" Rcpp "Rcpp" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.10.6" "3.0.2" "0.11.0" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" RcppArmadillo "RcppArmadillo" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.3.920.1" "3.0.2" "0.4.000.2" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" rgl "rgl" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.93.991" "3.0.2" "0.93.996" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" rpart "rpart" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "4.1-3" "3.0.2" "4.1-5" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" scatterplot3d "scatterplot3d" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "0.3-34" "3.0.2" "0.3-35" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib" survival "survival" "/home/gavin/R/build/3.0-patched/library" "2.37-4" "3.0.2" "2.37-7" "http://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib"

For your specific requirements:

 R> old.packages()[, c("Package","Installed","ReposVer")] Package Installed ReposVer bnlearn "bnlearn" "3.4" "3.5" deldir "deldir" "0.1-4" "0.1-5" devtools "devtools" "1.3" "1.4.1" digest "digest" "0.6.3" "0.6.4" extrafont "extrafont" "0.15" "0.16" forecast "forecast" "4.8" "5.1" foreign "foreign" "0.8-57" "0.8-59" Matrix "Matrix" "1.1-0" "1.1-2" matrixStats "matrixStats" "0.8.12" "0.8.14" mgcv "mgcv" "1.7-27" "1.7-28" mvtnorm "mvtnorm" "0.9-9996" "0.9-9997" party "party" "1.0-11" "1.0-13" R.methodsS3 "R.methodsS3" "1.5.2" "1.6.1" raster "raster" "2.2-5" "2.2-12" Rcpp "Rcpp" "0.10.6" "0.11.0" RcppArmadillo "RcppArmadillo" "0.3.920.1" "0.4.000.2" rgl "rgl" "0.93.991" "0.93.996" rpart "rpart" "4.1-3" "4.1-5" scatterplot3d "scatterplot3d" "0.3-34" "0.3-35" survival "survival" "2.37-4" "2.37-7"
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Do you know about the old.packages() function?

From help(update.packages) :

  'old.packages' indicates packages which have a (suitable) later version on the repositories whereas 'update.packages' offers to download and install such packages.
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