[R] constrained optimization -which package?

[Leonardo Monasterio]

Dear R users,

In the function bellow I  want to find the maximum value of v,
subject to the constrain that the sum of x is equal to 1.
 I want to maximize:
v<-t(x)%*%distance%*%x

Subject to:
sum(x)=1

Where:
"x" is a vector n X 1
"distance" is a matrix n*n and it is given.
(In practice, the number of n can go up to hundreds.)

I have a bit of experience using R but not much on optimization
techniques or on R optimization packages.  I have taken a look at
optim and nlminb, but I am quite confused.
 Do you have any suggestion on how to do it?
Thank you very much,
Leo  Monasterio.