# Spotfire Package Maintenance

Package maintenance includes updating package versions, removing obsolete packages, or adding new packages to the SPK distribution. It also includes ensuring that everyone using a package is using the same version.

We recommend that you assign a person in your organization the task of maintaining the R packages and versions distributed using the Spotfire SPK deployment mechanism, as well as those uploaded to Spotfire Statistics Services. (See Curator role for additional guidance.)

If you need to add one or more binary packages to the SPK, or if you need to update an existing package, you can recreate the .spk file as described in Creating the Spotfire SPK.

Redeploying an SPK of the same name overwrites the SPK currently in a deployment area. Spotfire Analyst users who start a session that connects to that deployment area are prompted to update.

Note: If you have analysts running analyses using the local TERR in Spotfire Analyst, be sure to inform them of any changes to packages distributed to the team by Spotfire Server.