title: Get the current numbers of CRAN packages and Bioconductor packages
body: <p>I am trying to insert the current number of CRAN packages and the number of Bioconductor packages to a markdown file.</p>
  <p>I have tried this:</p>
  <pre><code>length(available.packages(available_packages_filters = c(&quot;CRAN&quot;)))
  </code></pre>
  <p>I got</p>
  <pre><code>[1] 272867
  </code></pre>
  <p>This is different from the number on the CRAN site (16081). Any suggestions would be appreciated.</p>