Re: [R] when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?

2024-09-29 Thread Ivan Krylov via R-help
В Sat, 28 Sep 2024 18:05:08 -0400 "Christopher W. Ryan" пишет: > To install a new R package, is it better to use Linux Mint's pacakge > manager (e.g. synaptic, apt-get, or similar), or to install it within > R with install.packages("some_new_package")? Since you've already installed R itself fro

Re: [R] when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?

2024-09-28 Thread Jeff Newmiller via R-help
I always use a user library on all platforms. The renv package takes this to the next level and lets you setup per-project libraries. To be reproducible a data analysis needs to use the same user packages, and even different versions of R can give different results. It should be up to the anal

Re: [R] when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?

2024-09-28 Thread Ben Bolker
Use Dirk Eddelbuettel's r2u repo with bspm package On Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 6:15 PM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help < r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > Distribution package manger, always. > > *Stephen Dawson, DSL* > /Executive Strategy Consultant/ > Business & Technology > +1 (865) 804-3454 > http:/

Re: [R] when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?

2024-09-28 Thread Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help
Distribution package manger, always. *Stephen Dawson, DSL* /Executive Strategy Consultant/ Business & Technology +1 (865) 804-3454 http://www.shdawson.com On 9/28/24 18:05, Christopher W. Ryan wrote: I'm running R (currently 4.4.1) on Linux Mint sessionInfo() R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14) Pl

[R] when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?

2024-09-28 Thread Christopher W. Ryan
I'm running R (currently 4.4.1) on Linux Mint > sessionInfo() R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14) Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Running under: Linux Mint 20.3 ...truncated... To install a new R package, is it better to use Linux Mint's pacakge manager (e.g. synaptic, apt-get, or similar), or to install