[R-sig-Debian] R 4.0 for ARM processors

[Paul Teetor]

Hmmmm. Perhaps I'm using the wrong terminology. My logic is: (1) I am running Ubuntu focal on the cluster. (2) Ubuntu focal is built on Debian bullseye but (3) Debian bullseye is not yet the stable release; it is the 'testing' release; hence (4) I will pull the r-base-core package from the 'testing' version of Debian. And, in fact, I found r-base-core for 4.0.2 in the bullseye distribution. Does that all make sense?

My RPi cluster sits on the file cabinet next to my desk, all four boards. Yes, you could argue that it's merely a toy.... but it's bigger and cheaper than the AWS box that currently hosts my web site, RStudio server, and Shiny server!

For the truly curious, you can view my RPi cluster here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kALwoYCVxJ32VgxEA

Thanks again, Dirk. Your contributions to Debian and Ubuntu are foundational for my computing platforms.

Paul Teetor, Elgin, IL USA
http://quantdevel.com/public






On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 11:52:03 AM CDT, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote: 






On 15 July 2020 at 16:35, Paul Teetor wrote:
| Thank you very much, Dirk. That nudge solved the problem, of course. I am embarrassed. I was so fixated on Ubuntu repositories that I neglected to check the Debian 'testing' world!
| 
| Regarding the RPi: The RPi 4 uses the 'arm64' architecture, the full 64-bit one. I stopped using dedicated distros, such as Raspian, when Ubuntu went all-in on RPi support, which happened in their newest release focal (20). The dedicated distros often have an unhelpful attitude -- e.g., "you should use *this* package, not *that* package" -- that doesn't work for me.

I am confused by these two paragraphs. Are you planning to use Debian
'testing' on you Raspberry Pi, or Ubuntu 'focal' aka 20.04?

And out of curiousity, is that a hosted machine?  Typically these are
toy-sized and usually at home.


Dirk

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