Hi, I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose, direct internet connection is blocked. So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that machine? I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that Ubuntu server. But when I reached to https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed to identify any deb file. Could you shed some light on this? Thanks and regards,
On 17 October 2019 at 16:34, Christofer Bogaso wrote:
| I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose,
| direct internet connection is blocked.
|
| So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that machine?
It is an old, and solved problem. It has come up on StackOverflow a few times
before as well. Here is a (nearly) ten-year old answer of mine:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419268/how-do-i-download-a-package-from-apt-get-without-installing-it/4419282#4419282
You want one of those solutions -- and I am sure there are newer ones, so
maybe try searching on askubuntu.com as well -- as it will pull needed
dependencies in for you as well.
| I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could
| scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that
| Ubuntu server.
|
| But when I reached to
| https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed
| to identify any deb file.
|
| Could you shed some light on this?
a) Don't use a per-institution server. The edge-of-cloud CDN ones are
generally as good or faster _irrespective of your location_ and hence better
for others. So https://cloud.r-project.org is better
b) Copying and pasting from
http://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/
[....]
r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb 2019-07-26 13:54 24M
r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_i386.deb 2019-07-26 14:09 24M
[....]
Dirk
--
http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org
Thanks for this. I have downloaded the r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb file and placed in /var/cache/apt/archives Next I ran below code in Ubuntu sudo apt-get install -f /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb But this is failing with below message - E: Unsupported file /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb given on commandline Could you please help resolve this? On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:> > > On 17 October 2019 at 16:34, Christofer Bogaso wrote: > | I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose, > | direct internet connection is blocked. > | > | So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that machine? > > It is an old, and solved problem. It has come up on StackOverflow a few times > before as well. Here is a (nearly) ten-year old answer of mine: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419268/how-do-i-download-a-package-from-apt-get-without-installing-it/4419282#4419282 > > You want one of those solutions -- and I am sure there are newer ones, so > maybe try searching on askubuntu.com as well -- as it will pull needed > dependencies in for you as well. > > | I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could > | scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that > | Ubuntu server. > | > | But when I reached to > | https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed > | to identify any deb file. > | > | Could you shed some light on this? > > a) Don't use a per-institution server. The edge-of-cloud CDN ones are > generally as good or faster _irrespective of your location_ and hence better > for others. So https://cloud.r-project.org is better > > b) Copying and pasting from http://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/ > > [....] > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb 2019-07-26 13:54 24M > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_i386.deb 2019-07-26 14:09 24M > [....] > > Dirk > > -- > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org