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2024 Sep 28
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when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?
...> sessionInfo()
R version 4.4.1 (2024-06-14)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Running under: Linux Mint 20.3
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To install a new R package, is it better to use Linux Mint's pacakge
manager (e.g. synaptic, apt-get, or similar), or to install it within R
with install.packages("some_new_package")?
I've done both over the years (perhaps a mistake that I will some day
regret.)
Pros and cons of these two methods?
Thanks.
--Chris Ryan
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2024 Sep 28
1
when installing packages for R on Linux, is it better to use my distro's package manager, or install.packages()?
...1 (2024-06-14)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> Running under: Linux Mint 20.3
> ...truncated...
>
> To install a new R package, is it better to use Linux Mint's pacakge
> manager (e.g. synaptic, apt-get, or similar), or to install it within R
> with install.packages("some_new_package")?
>
> I've done both over the years (perhaps a mistake that I will some day
> regret.)
>
> Pros and cons of these two methods?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Chris Ryan
>