[R] when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?

[Ben Bolker]

Use Dirk Eddelbuettel's r2u repo with bspm package

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 6:15 PM Stephen H. Dawson, DSL via R-help <
r-help using r-project.org> wrote:

> Distribution package manger, always.
>
> *Stephen Dawson, DSL*
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>
> On 9/28/24 18:05, Christopher W. Ryan wrote:
> > I'm running R (currently 4.4.1) on Linux Mint
> >
> >> sessionInfo()
> > R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14)
> > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> > Running under: Linux Mint 20.3
> > ...truncated...
> >
> > To install a new R package, is it better to use Linux Mint's pacakge
> > manager (e.g. synaptic, apt-get, or similar), or to install it within R
> > with install.packages("some_new_package")?
> >
> > I've done both over the years (perhaps a mistake that I will some day
> > regret.)
> >
> > Pros and cons of these two methods?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --Chris Ryan
> >
>
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