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@@ -4,13 +4,23 @@ To build SparkR on Windows, the following steps are required
1. Install R (>= 3.1) and [Rtools](http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/). Make sure to
include Rtools and R in `PATH`.
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2. Install
[JDK7](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html) and set
`JAVA_HOME` in the system environment variables.
+
3. Download and install [Maven](http://maven.apache.org/download.html). Also include the `bin`
directory in Maven in `PATH`.
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4. Set `MAVEN_OPTS` as described in [Building Spark](http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html).
-5. Open a command shell (`cmd`) in the Spark directory and run `mvn -DskipTests -Psparkr package`
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+5. Open a command shell (`cmd`) in the Spark directory and build Spark with [Maven](http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html#building-with-buildmvn) and include the `-Psparkr` profile to build the R package. For example to use the default Hadoop versions you can run
+
+ ```bash
+ mvn.cmd -DskipTests -Psparkr package
+ ```
+
+ `.\build\mvn` is a shell script so `mvn.cmd` should be used directly on Windows.
## Unit tests