R 4.0 for CentOS 7
On 10/31/2020 06:05 PM, I?aki Ucar wrote:
On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 20:52, H <agents at meddatainc.com> wrote:
Understood. Since I am running CentOS 7, I guess I could create a CentOS 8 docker container and install R in that? I am not planning to upgrade the system to CentOS 8.
Of course, you can do that. With podman it's even easier. But then I'd use Fedora as the base image instead, because you'll enjoy binary installations for most of CRAN via Copr [1]. You even have a docker image ready to go [2]. (Disclaimer: I'm the maintainer of that project). [1] https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/iucar/cran/ [2] https://hub.docker.com/r/enchufa2/cran2copr/dockerfile
OK, since I am already running CentOS, I may still stick with CentOS but your point is well-taken. I also prefer to define my containers myself so I have full control - and understand - how they are set up... I have come across COPR but it is not among my repos, I need to learn more. Thank you!