[R-sig-Debian] Fwd: How to convert R package and dependencies to debian packages?

[Michael Rutter]

On 04/22/2014 10:45 AM, Sathish Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to install R packages in several nodes (10+) in AWS. I wont be able
> to open R shell in each and do install.packages("foo")
>
> This will be done using a configuration management tool like Puppet and
> it'll be easier if i can do an apt-get installation of R packages
> automatically.
>
> I found a list of R debian packages here:
> http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/lucid/
>
> But it does not contain all the packages that i need.
>
> Is there a way to convert any R package and it's internal dependencies to a
> Debian package similar to the approach used in creating r-cran-*.deb?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sathish

Satish,

Check out my cran2deb4ubuntu PPA (http://tiny.cc/c2d4u).  It may have 
all the packages you need.  There are over 2000.

Michael

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