Bioconductor installation issue for R 3.6.0
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Description
https://community.rstudio.com/t/rstudio-connect-packrat-chokes-on-bioconductor-packages/36706
This community thread discusses changes to R 3.6.0, for which:
Bioconductor packages need to be installed using BiocManager::install().
Potentially related to: https://github.com/rstudio/packrat/issues/507
Particularly affects customers on RStudio Connect, who don't have a place to interactively tweak / install into the library.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked RStudio Community thread and related packrat issue #507 to understand the R 3.6.0 and Bioconductor installation behavior. Reproduce the reported failure in the Packrat workflow, especially in the RStudio Connect context, and use the expected successful installation behavior as the completion criterion.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100