kostyrev / ansible-r

Ansible role to set up (the latest version of) R in Ubuntu systems

r

Set up the latest version of R in Ubuntu systems.

Requirements

• littler (will be installed)

Variables

• r_cran_mirror: [default: http://cran.rstudio.com/]: Your favorite CRAN mirror

• r_bioclite_url: [default: https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R]: The biocLite.R script URL for Bioconductor installs

• r_install_dev: [default: false]: Whether or not install the r-base-dev package

• r_install: [default: ['littler']]: Additional (apt) packages to install (e.g. r-recommended)

• r_packages_lib: [default: /usr/local/lib/R/site-library]: The (default) library directory to install packages to

• r_packages_repos: [default: "{{ r_cran_mirror }}"]: The (default) URL to install packages from

• r_packages: [default: []]: (CRAN) Packages to install or remove

• r_packages.{n}.name: [required]: The name of the package

• r_packages.{n}.state: [optional, default: present]: The state of the package

• r_packages.{n}.type: [optional, default: cran]: The type of the package (e.g. bioconductor)

• r_packages.{n}.lib: [optional, default: r_packages_lib]: The library directory to install the package to

• r_packages.{n}.repos: [optional, default: r_packages_repos]: The URL to install the package from

Dependencies

None

Example(s)

Simple

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - r

Advanced

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - r
  vars:
    r_install_dev: true
    # apt packages
    r_install:
      - r-recommended
    # cran or bioconductor (R) packages
    r_packages:
      - name: dplyr
      - name: Biobase
        type: bioconductor

License

MIT

Author Information

Mischa ter Smitten

Feedback, bug-reports, requests, ...

Are welcome!