# CardinalIO
## Mass spectrometry imaging i/o
This package provides fast and efficient parsing, reading, and writing of imzML files for mass spectrometry imaging experiments.
## Installation
### Bioconductor Release
*CardinalIO* can be installed via the *BiocManager* package.
```{r install, eval=FALSE}
if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("BiocManager")
BiocManager::install("CardinalIO")
```
The same function can be used to update *CardinalIO* and other Bioconductor packages.
Once installed, *CardinalIO* can be loaded with `library()`:
```{r library, eval=FALSE}
library(CardinalIO)
```
### Bioconductor Devel
The Bioconductor development version of *CardinalIO* can also be installed via the *BiocManager* package.
```{r install, eval=FALSE}
BiocManager::install("CardinalIO", version="devel")
```
This version is unstable and should not be relied on for critical work. However, it is typically more stable than Github version.
### Github Devel
The most cutting edge version of *CardinalIO* can be installed from Github via the *remotes* package.
```{r install, eval=FALSE}
if (!require("remotes", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("kuwisdelu/CardinalIO")
```
This version is unstable and only recommended for developers.
