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Plans for R 4.1 in Fedora?

On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 14:50, Gavin Simpson <ucfagls at gmail.com> wrote:
$ sudo dnf update R --release rawhide

should do. Be aware though that this means updating other dependencies
too. This may or may not cause problems. A safer option would be to
use a containerized environment. Toolbox [1, 2] is perfect for this,
especially for development purposes:

$ sudo dnf install toolbox
$ toolbox enter -r 35
[toolbox]$ sudo dnf install R rstudio-desktop
[toolbox]$ rstudio
# rstudio opens

or directly without entering the toolbox first:

$ toolbox run -r 35 rstudio
# rstudio opens

Remember to install any additional repos and/or system dependencies
you may need (e.g., to install R packages from source) *inside* your
toolbox. Hope it helps.

[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/toolbox/
[2] https://fedoramagazine.org/a-quick-introduction-to-toolbox-on-fedora/

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