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quickinstall

Quick Installation of a Source Package

Builds and install a minimal version of a package from its source directory.

quickinstall(
  path,
  destdir = NULL,
  vignettes = FALSE,
  force = TRUE,
  ...,
  lib.loc = if (!is.null(destdir)) TRUE
)

`path`	path to the package source directory
`destdir`	installation directory. If `NULL`, the package is installed in the default installation library. If `NA`, the package is installed in a temporary directory, whose path is returned as a value.
`vignettes`	logical that indicates if the vignettes should be rebuilt and installed.
`force`	logical that indicates if the package should be installed even if a previous installation exists in the installation library.
`...`	extra arguments passed to `R.CMD`
`lib.loc`	library specification. If `TRUE` then the installation directory `destdir` is added to the default library paths. This can be usefull if dependencies are installed in this directory. If `NULL`, then the default library path is left unchanged.

The path of the library where the package was installed.

Development Utilities for R Packages

v0.32.2

GPL (>= 2)

Authors

Renaud Gaujoux [aut, cre]

Initial release

2020-10-20