PkgUtils {base} | R Documentation |
Utilities for checking whether the sources of an R add-on package work correctly, and for building a source or binary package from them.
R CMD build [options] pkgdirs R CMD check [options] pkgdirs
pkgdirs |
a list of names of directories with sources of R add-on packages. |
options |
further options to control the processing, or for obtaining information about usage and version of the utility. |
R CMD check
checks R add-on packages from their sources, performing a wide
variety of diagnostic checks.
R CMD build
builds R source or binary packages from their sources. It will
create index files in the sources if necessary, so it is often helpful
to run build
before check
.
Use
R CMD foo --help
to obtain usage information on utility foo
.
The chapter ``Processing Rd format'' in ``Writing R Extensions'' (see the `doc/manual' subdirectory of the R source tree).