PkgUtils                package:base                R Documentation

_U_t_i_l_i_t_i_e_s _f_o_r _B_u_i_l_d_i_n_g _a_n_d _C_h_e_c_k_i_n_g _A_d_d-_o_n _P_a_c_k_a_g_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Utilities for checking whether the sources of an R add-on package
     work correctly, and for building a source or binary package from
     them.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     R CMD build [options] pkgdirs
     R CMD check [options] pkgdirs

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

 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.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     `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.

     Use `R CMD foo --help' to obtain usage information on utility
     `foo'.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     The chapter ``Processing Rd format'' in ``Writing R Extensions''
     (see the `doc/manual' subdirectory of the R source tree).

