Error installing R packages in Gitlab CI

Question

When I try to install R packages using shell, the following error occurs:

My code from the archive gitlab-ci.yml is as follows:

before_script:
- export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE= ----
- pip install -r requirements.txt

test:
script:
  - R -e 'install.packages(c("raster", "rgdal"))'
  - R CMD build . --no-build-vignettes --no-manual
  - PKG_FILE_NAME=$(ls -1t *.tar.gz | head -n 1)
  - R CMD check "${PKG_FILE_NAME}" --no-build-vignettes --no-manual
  - pep8 --show-source --show-pep8 setup.py planex tests
  - nosetests

Warning in install.Packages(c("raster", "rgdal")) :

'lib = "/usr/local/lib/R/site-library"' is not writable

Error in install.Packages(c("raster", "rgdal")) :

Unable to install Packages

Execution Halted

ERROR: Build failed: Exit status 1

Answer 1

When trying to rotate the part of R from the code you shared (below), I got a syntax error. This is because in the files *.yml indentation is important. The job hasn’t even started.

test:
script:
  - R -e 'install.packages(c("raster", "rgdal"))’

This Gitlab CI Configuration is invalid: Jobs:test config can’t be Blank

By correcting the problem with identation the job wheel, but does not find the R and failure.

test:
  script:
    - R -e 'install.packages(c("raster", "rgdal"))'

/bin/bash: line 62: R: command not found

Finally, when adding the Docker image from R (r-base), installation of packages ran smoothly.

test:
  image: rocker/r-base
  script:
    - R -e 'install.packages(c("raster", "rgdal"))'

For a list of various images from R on the Docker, see this address.

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