[R-sig-Debian] r-api-3 with R 3.5.2. on Stretch: is there a workaround?

Now that I am at least mapping the right repository to my Debian version (doh!) I have another question. In the installation page at https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/#debian-stretch-stable there is the line: "Please note that R packages from the Debian stretch distribution are not

Re: [R-sig-Debian] r-api-3 with R 3.5.2. on Stretch: is there a workaround?

Thanks for confirming Johannes. I take it that the "new, richer ..." option would be a lot of work. I'm happy to let this old laptop grind through. There's the silver lining for me that when I did this install.packages() for pretty much the same list of packages on the server it ran through

Re: [R-sig-Debian] r-api-3 with R 3.5.2. on Stretch: is there a workaround?

Chris, yes, the workaround is to install from within R. The alternative would be to increase the coverage of this repo, as currently mainly the recommended packages are supported. Another alternative would be to create a new, richer repo... Kind regards, Johannes Am Montag, 21. Januar 2019,