R - Puppet

Description
Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

This module gives you the ability to install R and also R packages.

Usage

To install R you need to include the class:

class { '::r': }

To install a specific version of R:

class { '::r': version => '3.2.1' }

Then define any packages you want to be installed...

::r::package { 'ggplot2': }
::r::package { 'reshape': }

To ensure that dependencies are resolved for packages...

::r::package { 'reshape': dependencies => true, }

If a different repo is needed then it must be given as an array, also, an array of different repos can be given.

::r::package { 'ggplot2': repo => ['http://cran.rstudio.com', ], }

::r::package { 'datashieldclient': repo => ['http://cran.obiba.org', 'http://cran.rstudio.com'], 
dependencies => true, }

Reference

r::install

class r::install ( $version = 'latest' )

This sub module installs and the R package to the system. $version defines the version of R to be installed. Default is latest.

r::repository

class r::repository

Installs the R yum or apt-get repo onto the system. Called by install

r::package

define r::package($r_path = '/usr/bin/R', $repo = ['http://cran.rstudio.com',], $dependencies = false)

Installs an R package to the system. $r_path defines the path where R is installed, default '/usr/bin/R'. $repo defines the array of repos to search when installing packages. Default is the single array ['http://cran.rstudio.com',]. $dependencies defines if the dependencies of the packages shouls also be installed. Default is false.

Limitations

Has only been tested on Ubuntu 14.04 and Centos 7.

Development

Open source, forks and pull requests welcomed.

OllyButters/puppet-r