INSTALL {base}R Documentation

Install Add-on Packages from Sources

Description

To install packages into the default library tree (which is rooted at `$R_HOME/library'), do Rcmd INSTALL pkgs.

To install into the library tree lib instead of the default one, use Rcmd INSTALL -l lib pkgs.

Usage

Rcnd INSTALL [options] [-l lib] pkgs

Arguments

pkgs A list with the path names of the sources of the packages to be installed.
lib the path name of the R library tree to install to.
options a list of options through which in particular the build process for help files can be controlled. Use Rcmd INSTALL --help for the current list of options.

Details

Both lib and the elements of pkgs may be absolute or relative path names. pkgs can also contain name of package archive files of the form `pkg_version.tar.gz' as obtained from CRAN (these are then extracted in a temporary directory `R.INSTALL' of the current directory).

For checking (via the examples in the help files `man/*.Rd', use Rcmd check [-l lib] <pkg>, use Rcmd check --help for more information.

See Also

REMOVE, and library for information on using several library trees and creating packages; update.packages for automatic update of packages using the internet.