#rstats nerds: on Ubuntu I can install cran pkgs via terminal with `apt install r-cran-{pkg}`. Is there an equivalent way to install pkgs hosted on GitHub?
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Replying to @kearneymw
No because they have no pre-made binaries. (Also, check out my bspm slides / blog post / container. You cay say `apt install digest ggplot2` and get those _same_ binaries !!)

Aug 23, 2021 · 3:28 PM UTC

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Replying to @eddelbuettel @kearneymw
Whoops. Other way. With bspm, you can say install.packages(c("digest", "ggplot2")) etc and it will farm out to `apt` and get you all proper R as well as system depends via the available binaries. But from R, not from the shell prompt (but I use a shell wrapper in littler)
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Replying to @eddelbuettel
Awesome! This is exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for! For fellow #rstats & #ubuntu users who see this, here's are links to those slides: dirk.eddelbuettel.com/papers… and one blog post (with more relevant posts linked within): dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2…
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