Building converts a package source directory into a single bundled file.
If binary = FALSE
this creates a tar.gz
package that can
be installed on any platform, provided they have a full development
environment (although packages without source code can typically be
installed out of the box). If binary = TRUE
, the package will have
a platform specific extension (e.g. .zip
for windows), and will
only be installable on the current platform, but no development
environment is needed.
build(pkg = ".", path = NULL, binary = FALSE, vignettes = TRUE, manual = FALSE, args = NULL, quiet = FALSE, ...)
pkg | The package to use, can be a file path to the package or a
package object. See |
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path | Path in which to produce package. If |
binary | Produce a binary ( |
vignettes | For source packages: if |
manual | For source packages: if |
args | An optional character vector of additional command
line arguments to be passed to |
quiet | if |
... | Additional arguments passed to pkgbuild::build. |
a string giving the location (including file name) of the built package