[Rd] binary R packages for GNU/Linux

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 10 February 2025 at 07:35, Carl Boettiger wrote:
| Great discussion.  
| 
| Just to note another example I don't think was mentioned -- The r-universe
| project also builds binaries for Linux (Ubuntu latest) https://
| docs.r-universe.dev/install/binaries.html (as well as other targets including
| wasm).  It also provides binaries for Bioconductor and packages on any
| git-based version control platform (e.g. GitHub).  

Yes ... but these are 'naked' binaries as created by 'R CMD INSTALL --build'
but without system integration (and as such mirror what p3m.dev does). This
has its merits (it is simpler, can cover more OS variants) but it is also
more limited.

What we (ie Detlef, Inaki, myself) myself do for the distros is fundamentally
different. Both are merits, both can coexist, but I like the added 'oomph'
you get by integrating properly with the distribution you deploy on.  Ubuntu
is a pretty useful base case.

Dirk

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