To cite package ‘pak’ in publications use:

  Csárdi G, Hester J (2024). _pak: Another Approach to Package
  Installation_. R package version 0.7.2.9000, ,
  <https://github.com/r-lib/pak>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {pak: Another Approach to Package Installation},
    author = {Gábor Csárdi and Jim Hester},
    year = {2024},
    note = {R package version 0.7.2.9000, },
    url = {https://github.com/r-lib/pak},
  }