
These will help with the reading of this manual, and also in describing concepts accurately when asking for help.Ī package is a directory of files which extend R, a source package (the master files of a package), or a tarball containing the files of a source package, or an installed package, the result of running R CMD INSTALL on a source package. Some notes on terminology complete this introduction. Other types of extensions are supported (but rare): See Package types. Once a source package is created, it must be installed by the command R CMD INSTALL.


For packages which contain code to be compiled, a computing environment including a number of tools is assumed the “R Installation and Administration” manual describes what is needed for each OS.
