| INSTALL {base} | R Documentation |
Install Add-on Packages
Description
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.
Usage
R INSTALL [options] [-l lib] pkgsArguments
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 |
Details
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.
See Also
REMOVE, and library for information on
using several library trees and creating packages;
update.packages for automatic update of packages using
the internet.