jupyterhub/repo2docker

R shiny with a package installed from github

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#611 opened on Mar 6, 2019

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This comes from https://github.com/jupyterhub/mybinder.org-deploy/issues/907 reported by @Athanasiamo:

Hi. Is there any way to install a package from github in a binderhub shiny app deploy?

I've tried adding devtools::install_github() in the install.R file, (after devtools install ofc), but that > does not seem to do it? At least the build is failing.

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Investigate the build failure when using devtools::install github() in install.R for R Shiny apps. Check if R packages are installed correctly and if system dependencies for the GitHub package are missing. Look at the repo2docker documentation and existing tests for R support.
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pythonr
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devops
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RGitDocker
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