diff --git a/R/defaultDSConfiguration.R b/R/defaultDSConfiguration.R
index dbf8139..e36f360 100644
--- a/R/defaultDSConfiguration.R
+++ b/R/defaultDSConfiguration.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #' @param exclude Character vector of package names to be explicitly excluded. If NULL, do not filter packages.
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' # detect DS packages
 #' defaultDSConfiguration()
 #' # exclude a DS package
diff --git a/R/getDSLiteData.R b/R/getDSLiteData.R
index b2bad6b..e055769 100644
--- a/R/getDSLiteData.R
+++ b/R/getDSLiteData.R
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #' is not of class \code{\link{DSLiteConnection-class}}.
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' # DataSHIELD login
 #' logindata <- setupCNSIMTest()
 #' conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
diff --git a/R/setupCNSIMTest.R b/R/setupCNSIMTest.R
index c04fa02..89ac713 100644
--- a/R/setupCNSIMTest.R
+++ b/R/setupCNSIMTest.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #' @return The login data for the \link{datashield.login} function.
 #' @family setup functions
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' logindata <- setupCNSIMTest()
 #' conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 #' # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/R/setupDASIMTest.R b/R/setupDASIMTest.R
index 7eb0767..3787af9 100644
--- a/R/setupDASIMTest.R
+++ b/R/setupDASIMTest.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #' @return The login data for the \link{datashield.login} function.
 #' @family setup functions
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' logindata <- setupDASIMTest()
 #' conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 #' # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/R/setupDATASETTest.R b/R/setupDATASETTest.R
index f491c4b..23f74c1 100644
--- a/R/setupDATASETTest.R
+++ b/R/setupDATASETTest.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #' @return The login data for the \link{datashield.login} function.
 #' @family setup functions
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' logindata <- setupDATASETTest()
 #' conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 #' # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/R/setupDISCORDANTTest.R b/R/setupDISCORDANTTest.R
index 8a00f1e..c12df78 100644
--- a/R/setupDISCORDANTTest.R
+++ b/R/setupDISCORDANTTest.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #' @return The login data for the \link{datashield.login} function.
 #' @family setup functions
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' logindata <- setupDISCORDANTTest()
 #' conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 #' # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/R/setupDSLiteServer.R b/R/setupDSLiteServer.R
index b7d2d9f..ddf5a76 100644
--- a/R/setupDSLiteServer.R
+++ b/R/setupDSLiteServer.R
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #' @family setup functions
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' logindata <- setupDSLiteServer(
 #'                  datasets = c("CNSIM1", "CNSIM2", "CNSIM3"),
 #'                  logindata = "logindata.dslite.cnsim", pkgs = "DSLite",
diff --git a/R/setupSURVIVALTest.R b/R/setupSURVIVALTest.R
index 333ce73..74c01a0 100644
--- a/R/setupSURVIVALTest.R
+++ b/R/setupSURVIVALTest.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #' @return The login data for the \link{datashield.login} function.
 #' @family setup functions
 #' @examples
-#' {
+#' \dontrun{
 #' logindata <- setupSURVIVALTest()
 #' conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 #' # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/man/defaultDSConfiguration.Rd b/man/defaultDSConfiguration.Rd
index af5a4f5..faa0770 100644
--- a/man/defaultDSConfiguration.Rd
+++ b/man/defaultDSConfiguration.Rd
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ of R options. The DataSHIELD packages can be filtered by specifying explicitly t
 to be included or excluded. The package exclusion prevails over the inclusion.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 # detect DS packages
 defaultDSConfiguration()
 # exclude a DS package
diff --git a/man/getDSLiteData.Rd b/man/getDSLiteData.Rd
index 09589e8..8813a9a 100644
--- a/man/getDSLiteData.Rd
+++ b/man/getDSLiteData.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Get the data value corresponding to the variable with the symbol name from the \
 to the \code{\link{DSConnection-class}} object(s). Can be useful when developping a DataSHIELD package.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 # DataSHIELD login
 logindata <- setupCNSIMTest()
 conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
diff --git a/man/setupCNSIMTest.Rd b/man/setupCNSIMTest.Rd
index 701e613..9828a77 100644
--- a/man/setupCNSIMTest.Rd
+++ b/man/setupCNSIMTest.Rd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Load the CNSIM datasets, the corresponding login data object, instanciate a new
 hosting these datasets and verify that the required DataSHIELD server-side packages are installed.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 logindata <- setupCNSIMTest()
 conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/man/setupDASIMTest.Rd b/man/setupDASIMTest.Rd
index 9cac026..444b03d 100644
--- a/man/setupDASIMTest.Rd
+++ b/man/setupDASIMTest.Rd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Load the DASIM datasets, the corresponding login data object, instanciate a new
 hosting these datasets and verify that the required DataSHIELD server-side packages are installed.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 logindata <- setupDASIMTest()
 conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/man/setupDATASETTest.Rd b/man/setupDATASETTest.Rd
index d2e2a38..ab22cab 100644
--- a/man/setupDATASETTest.Rd
+++ b/man/setupDATASETTest.Rd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Load the TESTING.DATASET datasets, the corresponding login data object, instanci
 hosting these datasets and verify that the required DataSHIELD server-side packages are installed.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 logindata <- setupDATASETTest()
 conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/man/setupDISCORDANTTest.Rd b/man/setupDISCORDANTTest.Rd
index 6c2abdc..9b72fb2 100644
--- a/man/setupDISCORDANTTest.Rd
+++ b/man/setupDISCORDANTTest.Rd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Load the DISCORDANT datasets, the corresponding login data object, instanciate a
 hosting these datasets and verify that the required DataSHIELD server-side packages are installed.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 logindata <- setupDISCORDANTTest()
 conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 # do DataSHIELD analysis
diff --git a/man/setupDSLiteServer.Rd b/man/setupDSLiteServer.Rd
index b1a0338..f6e5ca3 100644
--- a/man/setupDSLiteServer.Rd
+++ b/man/setupDSLiteServer.Rd
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ hosting these datasets, verifies that the required DataSHIELD server-side packag
 All the data structures are loaded by \link{data} which supports various formats (see data() documentation).
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 logindata <- setupDSLiteServer(
                  datasets = c("CNSIM1", "CNSIM2", "CNSIM3"),
                  logindata = "logindata.dslite.cnsim", pkgs = "DSLite",
diff --git a/man/setupSURVIVALTest.Rd b/man/setupSURVIVALTest.Rd
index 51c7cb3..de56f6a 100644
--- a/man/setupSURVIVALTest.Rd
+++ b/man/setupSURVIVALTest.Rd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Load the SURVIVAL (EXPAND_WITH_MISSING) datasets, the corresponding login data o
 hosting these datasets and verify that the required DataSHIELD server-side packages are installed.
 }
 \examples{
-{
+\dontrun{
 logindata <- setupSURVIVALTest()
 conns <- datashield.login(logindata, assign=TRUE)
 # do DataSHIELD analysis