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

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

2023-08-09 Thread Thomas Petzoldt
Hi, I am running a couple of shiny servers with several apps that are based around own CRAN packages. It worked stable for years, but due to the growing number of packages, the compile time for regular manual package installation and updates became inconvenient. Therefore, I have been very