epi_libraries.qmd

---
title: "EPI packages for R"
---

[realtalk](https://economic.github.io/realtalk/)

-   realtalk makes it easy to use common US price indexes in R.

[epidatatools](https://economic.github.io/epidatatools/)

-   epidatatools contains functions we find useful at [EPI](https://epi.org/) that don't have exact analogues elsewhere in the R package ecosystem.

[epiextractr](https://economic.github.io/epiextractr)

-   epiextractr makes it easy to use the [EPI microdata extracts](https://microdata.epi.org/) in R.

## How to install EPI's data tools

**Note!** EPI's R packages require users to install [devtools](https://www.r-project.org/nosvn/pandoc/devtools.html)

```{r, eval=FALSE, message=FALSE}

install.packages('devtools')

```

Once you've installed devtools, you can install all three EPI packages using the following commands

```{r EPI library installation, message=FALSE, eval=FALSE}

devtools::install_github("Economic/realtalk")
devtools::install_github("economic/epidatatools")
devtools::install_github("economic/epiextractr")

```