thisisnic commented on a change in pull request #11521: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11521#discussion_r764235772
########## File path: r/vignettes/install.Rmd ########## @@ -157,11 +329,27 @@ something other than the RSPM binary mirror URLs). * Download the dependency files (`cpp/thirdparty/download_dependencies.sh` may be helpful) * Copy the directory of dependencies to the offline computer * Create the environment variable `ARROW_THIRDPARTY_DEPENDENCY_DIR` on the offline computer, pointing to the copied directory. -* Install the `arrow` package as usual. +* Install the arrow package as usual. + +# Installing libarrow dependencies + +When you install libarrow, its dependencies will be automatically downloaded. +The environment variable `ARROW_DEPENDENCY_SOURCE` controls whether the libarrow +installation also downloads or installs all dependencies (when set to `BUNDLED`), +uses only system-installed dependencies (when set to `SYSTEM`) or checks +system-installed dependencies first and only installs dependencies which aren't +already present (when set to `AUTO`). + +These dependencies vary by platform; however, if you wish to install these +yourself prior to libarrow installation, we recommend that you take a look at +the [docker file for whichever of our CI builds](https://github.com/apache/arrow/tree/master/ci/docker) +(the ones ending in "cpp" are for building Arrow's C++ libaries aka libarrow) +corresponds most closely to your setup. This will contain the most up-to-date +information about dependencies and minimum versions. Review comment: This section added in response to https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/11881#pullrequestreview-825160605 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
