Message-ID: <70ba58ab-107d-69b4-900f-eab489f39ade@meddatainc.com>
Date: 2020-10-31T23:11:31Z
From: H
Subject: R 4.0 for CentOS 7
In-Reply-To: <CALEXWq0ePx9T2SEVrg=4PTLe6taOU7DD6FBbi8MK-cCaRqe-Uw@mail.gmail.com>
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!