Can I link a Shiny application (and packages) to deploy to my own Shiny server?

Question

When deploying Shiny applications for your own version of Shiny Server, can you somehow "link" the application and packages?

My Shiny application depends on a whole group of packages that are installed in my developer's environment (RStudio). Do I have to manually install these packages on a Shiny Server machine before deploying my application?

If I need to install packages on a Shiny Server machine, how can I stop package updates that violate existing applications? Or back to an old problem like "Windows DLL hell" where you cannot isolate shared libraries?

I know how to deploy applications before /srv/shiny-server/. This is package dependent stuff, which I'm not too sure about.