\Header{INSTALL}{Install Add-on Packages}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}R INSTALL [options] [-l lib] pkgs\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\texttt{pkgs}] A list with the path names of the packages to be
installed.
\item[\texttt{lib}] the path name of the \R\ library tree to install to.
\item[\texttt{options}] a list of options through which in particular the build
process for help files can be controlled.  If \texttt{--no-docs} is
given, no help files are built.  \texttt{--no-text}, \texttt{--no-html},
and \texttt{--no-latex} suppress creating the text, HTML, and LaTeX
versions, respectively.  The default is to build help files in all
three versions.
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Description}
To install packages into the default library tree (which is rooted at
\file{\$RHOME/library}), do \texttt{R INSTALL pkgs}.

To install into the library tree \texttt{lib} instead of the default
one, use \texttt{R INSTALL -l lib pkgs}.

Both \texttt{lib} and the elements of \texttt{pkgs} may be absolute or
relative path names.\end{Description}
\begin{SeeAlso}
\texttt{\Link{REMOVE}}, and \texttt{\Link{library}} for information on
using several library trees and creating packages.\end{SeeAlso}

