Re: packaging a parallel R
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 02:35:25PM +0200, Jonathon Love wrote:
> hi,
>
> i'm wanting to create a deb package for a parallel R installation.
>
> the software i'm working toward packaging, JASP, has some issues with
> the versions of R from CRAN, and i'd like to provide a parallel version
> of R (based on the older ubuntu versions) that JASP can use, and make it
> available from my PPA.
>
> this is also nice, because it means i can provide consistent R versions
> across, say, ubuntu versions, without forcing users to use a particular
> version.
>
> i suspect this is at odds with the debian packaging philosophy,
Yes, definitely. I would strongly recommend to avoid this.
> but how
> else does one handle these compatibility issues?
What exactly is the issue? In how far can JASP not work with the Debian
packaged R?
> anyhow, i'm having difficulty modifying the existing source package to
> install to a different location.
What source package do you mean? R or JASP?
> i figure all i would need to do is add to r-base-core.dirs the lines:
>
> usr/lib/JASP
> usr/lib/JASP/R
>
> and to r-base-core.install the lines:
>
> usr/lib/R/* usr/lib/JASP/R
> usr/share/* usr/lib/JASP/
>
> and the files would be installed to the appropriate location (perhaps as
> well as to the old location).
>
> but when i `dpkg -c` the resulting file, none of its contents are at the
> new location.
>
> any tips on what i'm doing wrong?
More info needed to give proper advise - but I will not give any advise
about competing R versions, sorry.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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