PkgUtils                package:base                R Documentation

Utilities for Building and Checking Add-on Packages

Description:

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

Usage:

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

Arguments:

 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.

Details:

     `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'.

See Also:

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

