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Asked: 2026-05-26T13:50:24+00:00

Can I compile my R package in bytecode? I have an R package and

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Can I compile my R package in bytecode? I have an R package and I want to compile it with 

R CMD INSTALL --build mypackage.tar.gz

but I want the R code to be compiled into bytecode. Is this possible in R 2.14.0?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, this is listed in the NEWS for R 2.14 and in the R extensions manual.

    NEWS:

    R CMD INSTALL has a new option –byte-compile to byte-compile the
    packages during installation (since all packages are now
    lazy-loaded). This can be controlled on a per-package basis by
    the optional field ByteCompile in the DESCRIPTION file.

    The ByteCompile field is described in section 1.1.1 of the “Writing R Extensions” manual for the DESCRIPTION file.

    The manuals on CRAN are still 2.13.2 so I looked in the installed version of the extensions manual for that.

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