On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an easier way. > > Install docker, either via the docker.io package or (as I do now) via the apt > repo docker.com offers. I maintain two images > > rocker/drd "Daily R-devel" -- a little smaller, deletes build deps > > rocker/r-devel r-devel builds > > you can use 'as is'. > I tried this, but I'm new to the docker world. I managed to: docker run hello-world
without issues, as well as: docker pull rocker/r-devel But what next? I am unable to: docker run rocker/r-devel either as root or as user. I checked teh wiki (https://github.com/rocker-org/rocker/wiki), but it doesn't seem to provide instructions for absolute novices. Regards, Liviu > Or you can use the script you mentioned. I mostly do the latter. > > Dirk > > | Liviu > | > | > | On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> wrote: > | > > | > Hi Søren, > | > > | > On 8 August 2012 at 20:38, Søren Højsgaard wrote: > | > | Dear List, > | > | > | > | Having used R on Windows for years, I have recently installed Ubuntu as > a virtual machine. I admit that I am quite new to the linux world. > | > > | > Good :) It's even better once you "host" on Linux as Linux is generally > | > better with limited resources. > | > > | > | Installing R (current version = 2.15.1) went smoothly, but I would like > to have both the current version of R and R-devel installed. I've searched > the net for info on doing this but so far without luck. > | > > | > I hope you found the README on CRAN to get you the prebuilt version. That > is > | > the way many of us find most convenient to get "r-release" up and going. > | > > | > | Can anyone help me getting this up and running? > | > | > | > | A related question: How do I upgrade the current version of R to the > patched versions? > | > > | > R-devel and R-patched can only be had from source, and not from a .deb > | > because I never reorganised the packaging to allow for multiple versions. > | > > | > But because CRAN makes us check against R-devel, it is of use to have it. > So > | > I keep a svn checkout and every few weeks build locally via a little > script > | > which carries over a few of the configuration choices I make for the > Debian / > | > Ubuntu package (plus memory debugging from when Doug and I were chasing > | > something). Followed by 'make install', this puts R into > /usr/local/lib/R-devel > | > which is then completely off the PATH and does not affect normal R. > | > > | > I then use this via a second script ~/bin/R-devel.sh which calls it. Also > | > below. > | > > | > Hope this helps, Dirk > | > > | > > | > ## --snip here > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | > ## ~/bin/build-R-devel > | > > | > #!/bin/sh > | > > | > cd ~/svn/r-devel > | > > | > # R_PAPERSIZE=letter \ > | > # R_BATCHSAVE="--no-save --no-restore" \ > | > # R_BROWSER=xdg-open \ > | > # PAGER=/usr/bin/pager \ > | > # PERL=/usr/bin/perl \ > | > # R_UNZIPCMD=/usr/bin/unzip \ > | > # R_ZIPCMD=/usr/bin/zip \ > | > # R_PRINTCMD=/usr/bin/lpr \ > | > # LIBnn=lib \ > | > # AWK=/usr/bin/awk \ > | > # CC="ccache gcc" \ > | > # CFLAGS="-ggdb -pipe -std=gnu99 -Wall -pedantic -DTESTING_WRITE_BARRIER" > \ > | > # CXX="ccache g++" \ > | > # CXXFLAGS="-ggdb -std=c++0x -pipe -Wall -pedantic" \ > | > # FC="ccache gfortran" \ > | > # FCFLAGS="-ggdb -pipe -Wall -pedantic" \ > | > # F77="ccache gfortran" \ > | > # FFLAGS="-ggdb -pipe -Wall -pedantic" \ > | > # MAKE="make -j4" \ > | > # ./configure \ > | > # --prefix=/usr/local/lib/R-devel \ > | > # --enable-R-shlib \ > | > # --enable-strict-barrier \ > | > # --with-blas \ > | > # --with-lapack \ > | > # --with-readline \ > | > # --without-recommended-packages > | > > | > R_PAPERSIZE=letter \ > | > R_BATCHSAVE="--no-save --no-restore" \ > | > R_BROWSER=xdg-open \ > | > PAGER=/usr/bin/pager \ > | > PERL=/usr/bin/perl \ > | > R_UNZIPCMD=/usr/bin/unzip \ > | > R_ZIPCMD=/usr/bin/zip \ > | > R_PRINTCMD=/usr/bin/lpr \ > | > LIBnn=lib \ > | > AWK=/usr/bin/awk \ > | > CC="ccache gcc" \ > | > CFLAGS="-ggdb -pipe -std=gnu99 -Wall -pedantic" \ > | > CXX="ccache g++" \ > | > CXXFLAGS="-ggdb -pipe -Wall -pedantic" \ > | > FC="ccache gfortran" \ > | > F77="ccache gfortran" \ > | > MAKE="make -j4" \ > | > ./configure \ > | > --prefix=/usr/local/lib/R-devel \ > | > --enable-R-shlib \ > | > --with-blas \ > | > --with-lapack \ > | > --with-readline \ > | > --without-recommended-packages > | > > | > #CC="clang -O3" \ > | > #CXX="clang++ -03" \ > | > > | > > | > #make svnonly > | > make > | > > | > echo "*** Done -- now run 'make install'" > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > ## --snip here > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | > ## ~/bin/R-devel.sh > | > > | > #!/bin/bash > | > > | > export > R_LIBS_SITE=${R_LIBS_SITE-'/usr/lib/R-devel/lib/R/library:/usr/local/lib/R/site-library:/usr/lib/R/site-library::/usr/lib/R/library'} > | > export PATH="/usr/local/lib/R-devel/bin:$PATH" > | > R "$@" > | > > | > -- > | > Dirk Eddelbuettel | [email protected] | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com > | > > | > _______________________________________________ > | > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > | > [email protected] > | > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > | > | > | > | -- > | Do you think you know what math is? > | http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 > | Or what it means to be intelligent? > | http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 > | Think again: > | http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library > > -- > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | [email protected] -- Do you think you know what math is? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 Or what it means to be intelligent? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 Think again: http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
