INSTALL {base} | R Documentation |
Utility for installing add-on packages.
R CMD INSTALL [options] [-l lib] pkgs
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 process for building the help files can be controlled. |
To install packages into the default library tree (which is rooted at
`$R_HOME/library'), do R CMD INSTALL pkgs
. To install
into the library tree lib
instead of the default one, use
R CMD INSTALL -l lib pkgs
.
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.
Some package sources contain a `configure' script that can be
passed arguments via the option --configure-args
, if
necessary. One can also bypass the configure mechanism using the
option --no-configure
.
If --no-docs
is given, no help files are built. Options
--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.
Use R CMD INSTALL --help
for more usage information.
REMOVE
,
update.packages
for automatic update of packages using
the internet;
the chapter on ``Creating R packages'' in ``Writing R Extensions''
(see the `doc/manual' subdirectory of the R source tree).