checkrpkgs

checkrpkgs explains how to install and configure R, Rtools, and RStudio; how to install R packages and get information about to-be-installed and already-installed packages; how to get the source code of R functions; and how to set up and use Git and GitHub with RStudio.

Installation

Visit the checkrpkgs website to explore the package, or install checkrpkgs from GitHub using the following R code:

if(!requireNamespace("remotes")) {
  install.packages(pkgs = "remotes")
}
remotes::install_github(
  repo = "JesseAlderliesten/checkrpkgs",
  upgrade = FALSE, build_vignettes = TRUE,
  lib = NULL)

Content

checkrpkgs consists of three vignettes:

• Installing R, Rtools and RStudio explaining how to install and configure R, Rtools, and RStudio:
  vignette("install_r", package = "checkrpkgs")
• R packages explaining how to install R packages; how to get information about to-be-installed and already-installed R packages; and how to get the source code of R functions:
  vignette("r_pkgs", package = "checkrpkgs")
• Using Git and GitHub explaining how to set up and use Git and GitHub with RStudio:
  vignette("git_github", package = "checkrpkgs")

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.

Citation

To cite package 'checkrpkgs' in publications use:

  Alderliesten J (2026). _checkrpkgs: Installing and Using R, Rtools,
  RStudio, R Packages, Git and GitHub_. R package version 1.3.1,
  <https://github.com/JesseAlderliesten/checkrpkgs>.

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Manual{,
    title = {checkrpkgs: Installing and Using R, Rtools, RStudio, R Packages, Git and
GitHub},
    author = {Jesse Alderliesten},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.3.1},
    url = {https://github.com/JesseAlderliesten/checkrpkgs},
  }

Contact

Please open a GitHub issue if you have suggestions to improve checkrpkgs.

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• The book What They Forgot to Teach You About R by Bryan, Hester, Pileggi, and Aja
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• Section Prerequisites from the workshop Building tidy tools by Rand and Lyttle
• Developers might be interested in my develcoder package with code and templates to develop R packages.