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Check for R installations in `/opt/R`
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Bug description
For our professional products, we recommend having R installed in /opt/R/x.y.z so it's easier to have multiple versions living side-by-side.
When running, quarto check, when R is installed there, it doesn't get detected:
[✓] Checking R installation...........(None)
Unable to locate an installed version of R.
Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/
Would it make sense to also check the /opt directory for a possible R installation?
PS: the same could also probably be done for Python which we also recommend installing in /opt but the system version (in /usr/bingets detected).
Quarto check output
Quarto 1.9.14
[✓] Checking environment information...
Quarto cache location: /home/ubuntu/.cache/quarto
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
Pandoc version 3.6.3: OK
Dart Sass version 1.87.0: OK
Deno version 2.4.5: OK
Typst version 0.13.0: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
Version: 1.9.14
Path: /opt/quarto/1.9.14/bin
[✓] Checking tools....................OK
TinyTeX: (not installed)
Chromium: (not installed)
[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
Tex: (not detected)
[✓] Checking Chrome Headless....................OK
Chrome: (not detected)
[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK
[✓] Checking R installation...........(None)
Unable to locate an installed version of R.
Install R from https://cloud.r-project.org/
[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
Version: 3.12.3
Path: /usr/bin/python3
Jupyter: (None)
Jupyter is not available in this Python installation.
Install with python3 -m pip install jupyter
[✓] Checking Julia installation...
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