To cite package ‘pak’ in publications use:

  Csárdi G, Hester J (2026). _pak: Another Approach to Package
  Installation_. R package version 0.11.1,
  <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=pak>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {pak: Another Approach to Package Installation},
    author = {Gábor Csárdi and Jim Hester},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.11.1},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=pak},
  }