Re: [R-sig-Debian] pinning of binary r-cran-* packages from c2d4u / r2u on Ubuntu 22.04

2023-08-09 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 9 August 2023 at 21:59, Thomas Petzoldt wrote: | On 09.08.2023 at 19:18 Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > There is a fifth option I just realized. | > | > I use a variant of that to keep for example an old version of roxygen2 I | > prefer available. Recall that R packages are generally

Re: [R-sig-Debian] pinning of binary r-cran-* packages from c2d4u / r2u on Ubuntu 22.04

2023-08-09 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
On 09.08.2023 at 19:18 Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: Thomas, There is a fifth option I just realized. I use a variant of that to keep for example an old version of roxygen2 I prefer available. Recall that R packages are generally relocatable. So install the 58 you need, then do, say `mkdir

Re: [R-sig-Debian] pinning of binary r-cran-* packages from c2d4u / r2u on Ubuntu 22.04

2023-08-09 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Thomas, There is a fifth option I just realized. I use a variant of that to keep for example an old version of roxygen2 I prefer available. Recall that R packages are generally relocatable. So install the 58 you need, then do, say `mkdir /opt/shiny-r-lib` and copy them in there. Setup your

Re: [R-sig-Debian] pinning of binary r-cran-* packages from c2d4u / r2u on Ubuntu 22.04

2023-08-09 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
Am 09.08.2023 um 18:17 schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel: Hi Thomas, Thanks a lot for bringing this over from r-package-devel! And thanks for the quick help from my side! As for your question, "there is a lot of meat on these bones" and I really think we should discuss this here. Quick comments

Re: [R-sig-Debian] pinning of binary r-cran-* packages from c2d4u / r2u on Ubuntu 22.04

2023-08-09 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Hi Thomas, Thanks a lot for bringing this over from r-package-devel! As for your question, "there is a lot of meat on these bones" and I really think we should discuss this here. Quick comments inline, more recap at the bottom. On 9 August 2023 at 17:29, Thomas Petzoldt wrote: | Hi, | | I