Add specific example of building an R container with only R packages
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I need to create a container with just R and some R packages. I found this link https://nf-co.re/developers/modules#software-requirements. But to a beginner (and I know this is a Developer documentation), it is not clear how to build an R specific type of container.
The closest language is in this section:
It is also possible for a new multi-tool container to be built and added to BioContainers by submitting a pull request on their multi-package-containers repository.
However, there are several difficulities for a beginner to understand. For instance, installing R requires you to know to search for r-base on Anaconda.org. If you just search for R, you will never find it. Also, you need to know that R packages are prefixed with r- and bioconductor with bioconductor-
I have a list of commands that I executed to perform this task. I'm not sure if it is valuable to include as documentation.
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