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Benchmark docs: how to select the CRAN Mirror for R #10204
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Sure, we can specify the mirror, but not everybody lives in the US. I don't think entering a number and pressing enter in the REPL is a big issue. This is what my REPL shows:
R R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21) -- "Bug in Your Hair" Copyright (C) 2016 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin16.0.0 (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. > install.packages("ggplot2") Installing package into ‘/usr/local/lib/R/3.3/site-library’ (as ‘lib’ is unspecified) --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- HTTPS CRAN mirror 1: 0-Cloud [https] 2: Algeria [https] 3: Australia (Canberra) [https] 4: Australia (Melbourne) [https] 5: Australia (Perth) [https] 6: Austria [https] 7: Belgium (Ghent) [https] 8: Brazil (RJ) [https] 9: Brazil (SP 1) [https] 10: Bulgaria [https] 11: Canada (MB) [https] 12: Chile 1 [https] 13: Chile 2 [https] 14: China (Beijing) [https] 15: China (Hefei) [https] 16: China (Lanzhou) [https] 17: Colombia (Cali) [https] 18: Czech Republic [https] 19: Denmark [https] 20: France (Lyon 1) [https] 21: France (Lyon 2) [https] 22: France (Marseille) [https] 23: France (Montpellier) [https] 24: France (Paris 2) [https] 25: Germany (Falkenstein) [https] 26: Germany (Münster) [https] 27: Iceland [https] 28: India [https] 29: Ireland [https] 30: Italy (Padua) [https] 31: Japan (Tokyo) [https] 32: Malaysia [https] 33: Mexico (Mexico City) [https] 34: New Zealand [https] 35: Norway [https] 36: Philippines [https] 37: Russia (Moscow) [https] 38: Serbia [https] 39: Spain (A Coruña) [https] 40: Spain (Madrid) [https] 41: Switzerland [https] 42: Taiwan (Chungli) [https] 43: Turkey (Denizli) [https] 44: UK (Bristol) [https] 45: UK (Cambridge) [https] 46: UK (London 1) [https] 47: USA (CA 1) [https] 48: USA (IA) [https] 49: USA (IN) [https] 50: USA (KS) [https] 51: USA (MI 1) [https] 52: USA (TN) [https] 53: USA (TX) [https] 54: USA (WA) [https] 55: (HTTP mirrors) Selection:interesting thing, i don't get that list, but i do get a XQuartz installer pop up, i'll probably add these scenarios to the PR
Yeah, on OS X for me X11 pops up and I didn't see that at the time because I was using two monitors.
@lholmquist @Fishrock123 I see, I properly have a custom install of R.
options(menu.graphics = FALSE)will apparently disable X11. But I'm also fine with specifying the repo or documenting X11. I guess specifying the repo is the most foolproof.Added the PR: #10211
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In the benchmarks docs, https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/benchmark/README.md, the instructions say to install 2 R packages,
install.packages("ggplot2") install.packages("plyr")but running those commands in the R repl returns a
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---should be somehting like this,
install.packages("ggplot2", repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org")I can add a PR