[R-pkg-devel] third part software dependency

[Serguei Sokol]

On 30/08/2019 15:58, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> On 30 August 2019 at 07:24, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> |
> | On 30 August 2019 at 11:10, Serguei Sokol wrote:
> | | I am preparing a new package r2sundials for submission to cran. It
> | | depends on third part software
> | | (https://computing.llnl.gov/projects/sundials). This will be my first
> | | submission of the kind so I am wondering how it is supposed to be tested
> | | so that I can reliably check the box "tested on R-devel" during
> | | submission process?
> | | I suppose that sundials is not installed on windev. And even if it was,
> | | I need a particular option in this software (index size set to 32 bits)
> | | which is probably not activated in the hypothetical installation. So I
> | | cannot use win-builder.r-project.org.
> | | Am I supposed to install current r-devel version and test my package on
> | | it locally?
> |
> | The builder.r-hub.io service is a good alternative. It offers twelve
> | different platforms, including a few r-devel ones.
> |
> | That said, it won't have sundials either so you may have to pull sundials in
> | during configure or via Make dependencies or ...
> 
> An alternative is of course to use a Docker image. I have long provided two
> different containers within the Rocker Project that have r-devel (to be
> invoked as RD).  You can pretty easily fire up the container, install
> sundials and then save it again locally.  Ask me off-line about how if you
> need help.
> 
> Or, of course, do as I and many others do and just keep a local r-devel build
> in /usr/local ....
Thank Dirk. This was my spare option and I think this is what I'll do.