Q. Trying out RStudio Package Manager for binary Linux pkgs (packagemanager.rstudio.com/c…). It works in RStudio *Console*: * installing *binary* package ‘ggplot2’ ... Elsewhere w/ verbatim settings download the source: * installing *source* package ‘ggplot2’ ... Why? /1 #RStats
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options(repos="packagemanager.rstudio.com/a…") Same URL packagemanager.rstudio.com/a… is downloaded but in RStudio Console I get Content type 'binary/octet-stream' length 4053324 bytes (3.9 MB) and in vanilla R, it get Content type 'binary/octet-stream' length 3045519 bytes (2.9 MB) /2
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Does the RStudio Console tweak the User-Agent header or something to download a different file from the same URL?
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Ah... it's in the FAQ (docs.rstudio.com/rspm/admin/…). Solution: options(HTTPUserAgent = sprintf("R/%s R (%s)", getRversion(), paste(getRversion(), R.version$platform, R.version$arch, R.version$os))) Then options(repos="packagemanager.rstudio.com/a…") install.packages("ggplot2") works!
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Replying to @henrikbengtsson
Script installRSPM.r in littler automates this. See the gif below (where I have to say 'focal' to get the LTS, I am non-LTS 'groovy'). We also have rocker/r-rspm for this (but I think rocker/r-bspm is cooler). #rstats #RockerProject

Apr 10, 2021 · 8:13 PM UTC
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GIF