From d9b7e84e257ad3f7c86cc13c2ca7fa553ecbc5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Sarpe <dirk.sarpe@idiv.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 08:06:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add R package documentation to rstudio1.md

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 rstudio1.md | 7 +++++++
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@@ -35,3 +35,10 @@ su - $USER
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 You will be asked to enter your password again and afterwards your network home will be available at `~/winhome`. However, it will only stay mounted until you log out. If you have any longer running jobs you might want to consider either moving stuff from the ~/winhome to /data or open a [tmux](tmux.md) session from which you detach (Ctrl+b, d) before you disconnect.
 
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+## Packages
+Many R packages are installed already via the system's package management and many more are available via the same track. This is the preferred way to install R packages, as it avoids duplicate installations per user, removes the need for manual package updates and helps that underlying libraries and packages are compatible with each other.
+
+Of course you can still install packages via R's own functions (install.packages, devtools, …) if there is the need for it. Long term please drop a note to it-suppot@idiv.de so that we can install the package via the system.
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+- https://github.com/eddelbuettel/rcppapt <- not yet implemente: 
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