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.
Rcmd build [options] pkgdirs Rcmd 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. |
Rcmd check
checks R add-on packages from their sources, performing a wide
variety of diagnostic checks.
Rcmd build
builds R source or binary packages from their sources.
Use
Rcmd foo --help
to obtain usage information on utility foo
.
These may not work correctly under Windows 95/98/ME because of problems Perl has launching programs on those limited OSes.
The chapter ``Processing Rd format'' in ``Writing R Extensions'' (see the Manuals sub-menu of the Help menu on the console).