Thanks, Tim. I did install R 4.1 and RStudio on toolbox, following the referred Iñaki's directions, but, unfortunately, RStudio opens as a never ending flickering white window and it never proceeds.
Paul On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 4:38 PM Tim Taylor <tim.tay...@hiddenelephants.co.uk> wrote: > > On 13/08/2021 11:44, Paul Smith wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I have found out that R 4.1 is not available for Fedora 34, and you > > have here advised us to install the rawhide version. However, the > > rawhide version seems to be for Fedora 35. Can that still be installed > > on Fedora 34, despite the fact that it is for Fedora 35? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Fedora mailing list > > R-SIG-Fedora@r-project.org > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora > > > > Hi Paul > > See Iñaki's response (quoted below) from this thread: > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-fedora/2021-June/000770.html > It's worth checking out the full thread for more info. > > On 23/06/2021 14:45, Iñaki Ucar wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 14:50, Gavin Simpson <ucfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> How would one go about installing R 4.1 from rawhide? (October is a > little too far away to be off r-release for that long while maintaining > R packages on CRAN that depend on tidyverse packages.) > > > > $ sudo dnf update R --release rawhide > > > > should do. Be aware though that this means updating other dependencies > > too. This may or may not cause problems. A safer option would be to > > use a containerized environment. Toolbox [1, 2] is perfect for this, > > especially for development purposes: > > > > $ sudo dnf install toolbox > > $ toolbox enter -r 35 > > [toolbox]$ sudo dnf install R rstudio-desktop > > [toolbox]$ rstudio > > # rstudio opens > > > > or directly without entering the toolbox first: > > > > $ toolbox run -r 35 rstudio > > # rstudio opens > > > > Remember to install any additional repos and/or system dependencies > > you may need (e.g., to install R packages from source) *inside* your > > toolbox. Hope it helps. > > > > [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/toolbox/ > > [2] https://fedoramagazine.org/a-quick-introduction-to-toolbox-on-fedora/ > > > > Iñaki > > Tim _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Fedora mailing list R-SIG-Fedora@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora
