Merge pull request #122 from ethanwhite/r-package-fixes

R package fixes

.github/workflows/package-check.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.x' # Version range or exact version of a Python version to use, using SemVer's version range syntax
           architecture: 'x64' # optional x64 or x86. Defaults to x64 if not specified
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+      - name: Install dependencies (Ubuntu)
+        if: matrix.config.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: sudo apt install build-essential libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev
       - name: Install lxml using the binary wheel
         run: | 
           pip --version

offlinedatasci/miniCran.R

@@ -9,17 +9,14 @@ repo = c("https://cloud.r-project.org/")
 install_minicran = FALSE
 if (!require("miniCRAN")) {
     install_minicran = TRUE
-} else if (packageVersion('miniCRAN') <= "0.2.16") {
+} else if (packageVersion('miniCRAN') < "0.3.0") {
     install_minicran = TRUE
 }
 
 # Currently installing from ethanwhite's fork, thus requiring remotes, because the current
 # R release for macOS doesn't work on the released version of miniCRAN
 if (install_minicran) {
-    if (!require("remotes")) {
-        install.packages("remotes")
-    }
-    remotes::install_github("ethanwhite/miniCRAN") 
+    install.packages("miniCRAN") 
 }
 
 library(miniCRAN)

test/test_offlinedatasci.py

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ def test_download_python_libraries(tmp_path):
     assert glob(f"{tmp_path}/pythonlibraries/*.whl")
     assert glob(f"{tmp_path}/pypi/index.html")
 
+def test_download_r_packages(tmp_path):
+    # test on notebook since it has caused issues in the past
+    # See https://github.com/carpentriesoffline/offlinedatasci/issues/95
+    download_r_packages(tmp_path, ['RSQLite'])
+    assert glob(f"{tmp_path}/miniCRAN/*")
+
 def check_for_empty_folders(folder):
     empty_folders = []
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):