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Conflicting instructions on what packages to install

Open maneesha opened this issue 6 years ago • 4 comments

On this page Linux users are instructed to install the tidyverse and SQLite packages. Mac and Windows users are not instructed to install any packages.

On this page all users are instructed to install tidyverse only.

maneesha avatar Jan 13 '20 20:01 maneesha

@maneesha Good point. We don't use SQLite in the R lesson. But it looks like the first link you posted is for the larger social science workshop page. Please open this issue there: https://github.com/datacarpentry/socialsci-workshop/issues

juanfung avatar Apr 21 '20 14:04 juanfung

Issue transferred here per @juanfung

maneesha avatar Apr 21 '20 14:04 maneesha

Thanks for noting this @maneesha. I'm bringing this issue to our next @datacarpentry/staff-curriculum team meeting, as we've been doing some thinking about how to make sure installation instructions stay clear and consistent across all of our lessons. We meet on Tuesdays.

ErinBecker avatar Apr 23 '20 15:04 ErinBecker

In general, package installation in R should probably be part of the relevant episodes rather than the installation instructions, since it's a process that will be regularly repeated by R users rather than performed once as setup.

ndporter avatar Jul 06 '23 21:07 ndporter