See possible values above,Īt the Config/build/copy-method DESCRIPTION entry. Large directories when building a package. PKG_BUILD_COPY_METHOD: use this environment variable to avoid copying PKG_BUILD_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS: set it to false to opt out of coloredĬompiler diagnostics. PKG_BUILD_STOP_FOR_WARNINGS environment variable. Pkg.build_stop_for_warnings: if it is set to TRUE, then pkgbuild will stopįor R CMD build errors.

'missing': add extra flags if the user does not have a.

PKG_BUILD_EXTRA_FLAGS environment variable. Pkg.build_extra_flags: set this to FALSE to to opt out from addingĭebug compiler flags in compile_dll().

See possible values above, at theĬonfig/build/copy-method DESCRIPTION entry. Pkg.build_copy_method: use this option to avoid copying large directories The option is consulted first, then the DESCRIPTION entry, then the PKG_BUILD_COPY_METHOD environment variable to set the copy method. You can also use the pkg.build_copy_method option or the Windows does not have symbolic links, so on Windows link: the package files are symbolic linked to a temporary directoryīefore R CMD build.copy: the package files are copied to a temporary directory before.none: pkgbuild does not copy the package tree.Package to a temporary directory, leaving out the (possibly large) files It works by copying (or linking) the files of the See the clean_doc argument of build() as well.Ĭonfig/build/copy-method can be used to avoid copying large directories Pkgbuild::with_build_tools(my_code) Configuration DESCRIPTION entriesĬonfig/build/clean-inst-doc can be set to FALSE to avoid cleaning up

# Run your own code in an environment guaranteed to Pkgbuild::check_build_tools(debug = TRUE) You can install pkgbuild from github with: # install.packages('devtools')ĭevtools::install_github('r-lib/pkgbuild') Example # Check that you have the build tools installed If you are using RStudio, it also helps you trigger automatic install of the build tools. It provides tools to configure your R session, and check that everything is working ok. The goal of pkgbuild is to make it easy to build packages with compiled code.

R build package