Note in R CRAN check -- * checking top-level files ... NOTE File README.md cannot be checked without ‘pandoc’ being installed

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I am checking my R package for CRAN submission, but there is one NOTE that I cannot get rid of. I googled it but seems this NOTE is not common thus I didn't find much useful information. Could any one provide me with a solution? Below is part of the output from R CMD check --as-cran.

* using R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16)
* using platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
* using session charset: UTF-8
* using option ‘--as-cran’
...
...
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
* checking top-level files ... NOTE
File README.md cannot be checked without ‘pandoc’ being installed.
* checking for left-over files ... OK
* checking index information ... OK

[Here](http://askubuntu.com/questions/341295/install-pandoc-required-for-docverter) you'll find a discussion of how to install pandoc. — Nussig, Sep 12 '15 at 16:41
@JoshuaUlrich, thanks. So we can assume that CRAN server also has that installed when checking the R package. Am I correct? — SixSigma, Sep 12 '15 at 17:18
You can also add the README files to your `.Rbuildignore` file (numerous examples of that all across github) — hrbrmstr, Sep 12 '15 at 17:28

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 30 '16 at 19:51

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You can install pandoc from within R using install.pandoc() from the installr package.

answered Sep 30 '16 at 19:51

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Note in R CRAN check -- * checking top-level files ... NOTE File README.md cannot be checked without ‘pandoc’ being installed

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