[R-sig-Debian] getting started with rocker

[Luben Dimov]

Dirk,

Got it. I assumed that R (in Rocker) on Linux Mint is related enough to post on
this R on Debian list. I'll look for other places if I need to ask more Rocker
related questions.

Thank you again for answering my questions.

Take care,
Luben


-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org>
To: Luben Dimov <luben.dimov using gmail.com>
Cc: r-sig-debian <r-sig-debian using r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] getting started with rocker
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:34:54 -0500


On 14 May 2026 at 11:27, Luben Dimov wrote:
> Thank you, Dirk, that worked like a charm! Last couple of questions today:
> 
> 1. If I will no longer use the image that has the old R and RStudio versions,
> how do I delete those images? I understand that I can't just browse to that
> folder and delete.

Please consider running a google query "how do I delete a docker image" or
consult a basic tutorial. In short you want 'docker rmi' here.
 
> Here is what "sudo docker images" produces, so I'm not even sure if the old

Please see my last email and its comment about 'sudo docker'.

> images are still there:
> 
> IMAGE                      ID             DISK USAGE   CONTENT SIZE   EXTRA
> hello-world:latest         d2c94e258dcb       13.3kB             0B    U   
> r-base:latest              182b915af647        897MB             0B        
> rocker/geospatial:latest   3e05f39c91cc       4.19GB             0B        
> rocker/r-ver:latest        aee3e2a32c93        945MB             0B        
> rocker/rstudio:latest      d68b530808b5       2.49GB             0B        
> rocker/tidyverse:latest    94209eda92ec       2.93GB             0B        
> rocker/verse:latest        a163ecb251d6       4.07GB             0B        
> ubuntu:latest              61b2756d6fa9       78.1MB             0B    U   
> 
> 
> 2. (A possibly very stupid question) If I have to log in with user and
> password
> of rstudio and yourpassword after running:
> 
> docker run --rm -ti -e PASSWORD=yourpassword -p 8787:8787 rocker/rstudio
> 
> then if I run:
> 
> docker run --rm -ti -e PASSWORD=yourpassword -p 8787:8787 rocker/tidyverse
> 
> do I have to log in with user and password of tidyverse and yourpassword?

I don't fully understand the question.

But I also don't use or author these two containers. Maybe consult the search
function at the GitHub repos for these containers made by my colleagues in
Rocker. The issue of password authentication has come up many times before.
 
> I can get lots of help with R around here, but zero help with docker, rocker,
> and Linux, so I really appreciate your help!

The list is for R on Debian. It it is not a Rocker list; I am happy to help with
the occassional and Debian-centric question but we generally recommend
brining Rocker questions to the Rocker issues. Preferably to the container in
question and not just 'general'.

Cheers, Dirk