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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

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

_U_s_a_g_e:

     R INSTALL [options] [-l lib] pkgs

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    pkgs: A list with the path names 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.  If `--no-docs' is
          given, no help files are built.  `--no-text', `--no-html',
          and `--no-latex' suppress creating the text, HTML, and LaTeX
          versions, respectively.  The default is to build help files
          in all three versions.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     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.

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

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

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

