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final minor tweaks to docs on R package installation location + fix formatting of bullet list at the end
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mkdocs/docs/HPC/r-packages.md

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# R packages
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Please keep in mind, that this is not general documentation
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Please keep in mind that this is not general documentation
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about installing `R` packages, but specific information about
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self-installed R packages at the {{ hpcinfra }}.
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The {{ hpcinfra }} contains different generations of CPUs, with different microarchitectures, that are
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not necessarily compatible with each other. Additionally, we have
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multiple versions of `R` installed with different versions of toolchains, and by default,
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self installed libraries are installed in separate directories based only
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self-installed packages are installed in separate directories based only
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on `R` major and minor versions (only using `x.y` for R version `x.y.z`).
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In this way, you might use self-installed `R` packages on incompatible CPU microarchitectures and/or
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*before* you load any centrally installed `R` module. In this case, the location of the
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directory for self-installed `R` packages will be
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`$R_LIBS_BASEDIR/local_R_LIBS/$VSC_OS_LOCAL/$VSC_ARCH_LOCAL/<R version>-<toolchain>`.
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If this directory is not writable, you can still be able to use already installed
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If this directory is not writable, you will still be able to use already installed
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`R` packages from that location, but you will not be able to install `R` packages
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yourself.
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You can always check the default location(s) of `R` packages by issuing `.libPaths()` command
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in `R`. This command will show the library locations ordered by their priorities.
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in `R`. This command will show the package locations, ordered by their priorities.
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### Missing R packages intalled before
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Please be aware that if you have installed an `R` packages yourself in the past (before end of February 2025),
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you might have to reinstall those if you want to use them:
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- on a different cluster
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- with a different version of `R`
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- with an `R` compiled with a different version of toolchain

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