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Install the R ArcGIS Tools
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Update R Bindings fails to execute #25

Closed EconGeo closed 8 years ago

EconGeo commented 8 years ago

Running script UpdateBindings... Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 47, in execute File "~\Downloads\r-bridge-install-master\r-bridge-install-master\rtools\update_package.py", line 28, in update_package validate_environment() TypeError: validate_environment() missing 1 required positional argument: 'overwrite' Failed to execute(UpdateBindings).`

MRO 3.2.5, had to run Arc Pro as administrator, but also successfully installed downloading the R package as well.

And one other question, is this just installing an R package, or is it updating things in AcrGIS Pro with python? If it is just installing an R package, why not just use devtools::install_github() ? This is what the manual install seems to be instructing but in a manual fashion.

scw commented 8 years ago

Hello @EconGeo,

Fixed the issue with updating (https://github.com/R-ArcGIS/r-bridge-install/commit/8d6eb790eeb5a2c8ee8a5b4a1d227b7df3f1e782), thanks for the report. Typically, installation will work without administrator privileges if an R_LIBS_USER directory is set or is included in .libPaths(), but it does require admin rights if installing a package into Program Files.

Good question on devtools — currently the package download includes prebuilt versions of the necessary DLLs, which require Visual Studio to produce. We also wanted to have something that would work for folks who are brand new to R, so they can run the sample tools and use tools others produce as a first step in learning R. That said, I think you're right that we should simplify the installation for folks who are already R savvy, it looks like devtools::install_url would do the trick with some work, I'll investigate.

scw commented 8 years ago

Created a new issue #27 for devtools based installation, closing this one for now but feel free to reopen if you have any further issues. Thanks!

EconGeo commented 8 years ago

Thanks. I would also look into install_github. That's where I've seen the most usage of devtools.

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Created a new issue #27 for devtools based installation, closing this one for now but feel free to reopen if you have any further issues. Thanks!

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