how to switch to a different source for rig?

[ssh352]

Unfortunately the machine has a bad network connection, how can I set an alternate source for the deb package?

or is it possible to specify a local deb package for rig to use? Thanks!

❯ rig add release
[INFO] Running `sudo` for adding new R versions. This might need your password.
[INFO] Downloading https://cdn.posit.co/r/ubuntu-1804/pkgs/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb -> /tmp/rig/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb
[ERROR] HTTP error at https://cdn.posit.co/r/ubuntu-1804/pkgs/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb: HTTP status client error (403 Forbidden) for url (https://cdn.posit.co/r/ubuntu-1804/pkgs/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb)

[gaborcsardi]

See the message where the download will be saved (e.g. /tmp/rig/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb above), and put it there, then rig will pick it up.

I don't think these packages are available elsewhere, so there is no alternate source.

[ssh352]

See the message where the download will be saved (e.g. /tmp/rig/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb above), and put it there, then rig will pick it up.

I don't think these packages are available elsewhere, so there is no alternate source.

❯ rig add release
[INFO] Running `sudo` for adding new R versions. This might need your password.
Password:
[INFO] Downloading https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/macosx/big-sur-x86_64/base/R-4.3.3-x86_64.pkg -> /tmp/rig/x86_64-R-4.3.3-x86_64.pkg
[INFO] Running installer

rig on Mac uses a different source, I'd try that source. Could you advise where the source could be changed?

I'd also try putting the deb file under /tmp/rig.

Thanks!

[gaborcsardi]

You can't use cran.rstudio.com? That's an Amazon CDN, so that is quite bad.

You want to change the mirror macOS packages are downloaded from? You cannot do that currently. But you can do

rig add <URL>

[ssh352]

You can't use cran.rstudio.com? That's an Amazon CDN, so that is quite bad.

You want to change the mirror macOS packages are downloaded from? You cannot do that currently. But you can do

rig add <URL>

I can't use https://cdn.posit.co. (ubuntu rig points to it)

I can use cran.rstudio.com though (Mac rig points to it).

so I was thinking if I can use cran.rstudio.com on Linux too.

[gaborcsardi]

I can't use cdn.posit.co. (ubuntu rig points to it)

Why not?

so I was thinking if I can use cran.rstudio.com on Linux too

Those files are not on cran.rstudio.com.

[ssh352]

I can't use cdn.posit.co. (ubuntu rig points to it)

Why not?

I am not sure, here is the error

❯ wget "https://cdn.posit.co/r/ubuntu-1804/pkgs/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb"
--2024-03-05 22:30:36--  https://cdn.posit.co/r/ubuntu-1804/pkgs/r-4.3.3_1_amd64.deb
Resolving cdn.posit.co (cdn.posit.co)... 18.154.132.102, 18.154.132.60, 18.154.132.37, ...
Connecting to cdn.posit.co (cdn.posit.co)|18.154.132.102|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2024-03-05 22:30:37 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

so I was thinking if I can use cran.rstudio.com on Linux too

Those files are not on cran.rstudio.com.

Ok Thanks. I'll probably just install from source on ubuntu then.

[gaborcsardi]

Ubuntu 18.04 is not supported any more. The last supported R version on Ubuntu 18.04 is R 4.3.1.