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+Make sure you have role c("aut","cre") in the JBrowseR DESCRIPTION file or else
+add yourself and make it so. Then run steps similar to the following
+
+```
+
+git clone git@github.com:GMOD/JBrowseR
+cd JBrowseR
+
+>> manually update DESCRIPTION with new version number to be used, and NEWS.md with changelog
+
+# get latest @jbrowse/react-linear-genome-view, repo has a normal package.json
+# and yarn.lock
+yarn upgrade
+
+# runs webpack
+yarn build
+
+
+# commit built artifacts
+git add .
+git commit -m "Update deps"
+
+# start R session
+R
+> install.packages(devtools)
+> devtools::submit_cran()
+
+```