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Installing R 4.1 on F34

3 messages · Tim Taylor, Paul Smith

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Dear All,

I have found out that R 4.1 is not available for Fedora 34, and you
have here advised us to install the rawhide version. However, the
rawhide version seems to be for Fedora 35. Can that still be installed
on Fedora 34, despite the fact that it is for Fedora 35?

Thanks in advance,

Paul
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On 13/08/2021 11:44, Paul Smith wrote:
Hi Paul

See I?aki's response (quoted below) from this thread:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-fedora/2021-June/000770.html
It's worth checking out the full thread for more info.
On 23/06/2021 14:45, I?aki Ucar wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2021 at 14:50, Gavin Simpson <ucfagls at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
 >> How would one go about installing R 4.1 from rawhide? (October is a 
little too far away to be off r-release for that long while maintaining 
R packages on CRAN that depend on tidyverse packages.)
 >
 > $ 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/
 >
 > I?aki

Tim
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Thanks, Tim. I did install R 4.1 and RStudio on toolbox, following the
referred I?aki's directions, but, unfortunately, RStudio opens as a
never ending flickering white window and it never proceeds.

Paul


On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 4:38 PM Tim Taylor
<tim.taylor at hiddenelephants.co.uk> wrote: