GettingStarted.md

roaster

Getting started

The following informations help you to have a stable running R environment using the Roaster.

First of all, install the tool:

$ git clone https://github.com/dmedri/roaster/
$ cd roaster/
$ ./roaster --help

The default environment is "stable" and you don't need any other action before the build. Available options are:

$ ./roaster --set-branch

for the "branch" (stable, from SVN server) version of R environment. With this option you can try the features of a stable release, with the incoming patches that will be in for the next minor release.

$ ./roaster --set-trunk

for the "trunk" (unstable, from SVN server) version of R environment. With this option you can try the incoming features that will be in the next major release. Useful for developers, not for basic needs.

$ ./roaster --set-stable

To set up the "stable" environment back again.

Build

In build step, there're 3 options:

$ ./roaster --build-standard

The most classical installation you can do in a Unix-like system. Binaries and needed libraries will be placed in the three, shared with all users.

To try a different build, with a local installation in $HOME space, with feature close to Python virtualenv, can run the following command:

$ ./roaster --build-virtualenv

Last but not least, the option to build a server configuration that fit in the system path-three, and can live concurrently with other release.

$ ./roaster --build-server

You could run the whole set of these options, building and using the whole set.

At any time, you could see the status:

$ ./roaster --status

Ready to go.