CRAN-like R package repositories for R-hub

These repositories are experimental. They are not compatible with install.packages(), only with pak.

• Ubuntu 22.04 + R-devel
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R-devel + libc++
• Fedora 38 + R-devel
• Fedora 40 + R-devel
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R-release on aarch64
• Ubuntu 24.04 + R-release on aarch64
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, x86_64 + R-devel
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, arm64 + R-devel
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.1 on s390x

Retired repositories

These are not updated any more, no new packages are added to them, but existing builds are still functional.

• Fedora 36 + R 4.4 (last update: 2024-03-19)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/fedora-36/4.4
• Fedora 38 + R 4.4 (last update: 2024-03-27)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/fedora-38/4.4
• Fedora 38 + R 4.5 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/fedora-38/4.5
• Fedora 40 + R 4.5 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/fedora-40/4.5
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.3 on aarch64 (last update: 2024-03-20)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64/4.3
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.1 on s390x (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04-s390x/4.1
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.4 on x86_64 (last update: 2024-03-27)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04/4.4
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.5 on x86_64 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04/4.5
• Ubuntu 24.04 + R 4.5 on x86_64 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-24.04/4.5
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.4 + libc++ on x86_64 (last update: 2024-03-27)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04/libc++/4.4
• Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.5 + libc++ on x86_64 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04/libc++/4.5
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, arm64 + R 4.4 (last update: 2024-03-27)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/macos-arm64/4.4
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, arm64 + R 4.5 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/macos-arm64/4.5
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, x86_64 + R 4.4 (last update: 2024-03-27)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/macos-x86_64/4.4
• macOS 11 Big Sur or later, x86_64 + R 4.5 (last update: 2025-03-15)
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/macos-x86_64/4.5

Can use PPPM:

• ubuntu-next (CRAN's r-patched-linux-x86_64)
• ubuntu-release (CRAN's r-release-linux-x86_64)

Ubuntu 22.04 + R-devel (ubuntu-22.04-R4.6)

Setup

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04/4.6",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Containers using this repo

• ubuntu-clang (CRAN's r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang)
• ubuntu-gcc12 (CRAN's r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc)
• ubuntu-gcc (CRAN's r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc)
• nold (extra noLD)
• lto (extra LTO)
• donttest (extra donttest)
• noomp (extra noOMP)
• rcnst (extra rcnst)
• rlibro (extra rlibro)
• noremap (extra noremap)
• rchk (extra rchk)

Ubuntu 22.04 + R-devel + libc++ (ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++)

Setup

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04/4.6/libc++",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Containers using this repo

• c23 (extra C23)
• clang-asan (extra clang-ASAN)
• clang-ubsan (extra clang-UBSAN)
• clang16
• clang17
• clang18
• clang19
• ubuntu-libc++ (CRAN's r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang)

Fedora 38 + R-devel (fedora-38-R4.6)

Setup

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/fedora-38/4.6",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Containers using this repo

• atlas (extra ATLAS)
• gcc13 (extra gcc13)
• intel (extra Intel)
• mkl (extra MKL)
• openblas (extra OpenBLAS)
• nosuggests (extra noSuggests)
• valgrind (extra valgrind)

Fedora 40 + R-devel (fedora-40-R4.6)

Setup

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/fedora-40/4.6",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Containers using this repo

• gcc14 (extra gcc14)
• gcc-asan (extra gcc-ASAN and gcc-UBSAN)

Ubuntu 22.04 + R-release on aarch64 (ubuntu-22.04-aarch64-R4.4)

Setup

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04-aarch64/4.4",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Ubuntu 24.04 + R-release on aarch64 (ubuntu-24.04-aarch64-R4.4)

Setup

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-24.04-aarch64/4.4",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

macOS 11 Big Sur or later, x86_64 + R-devel (macos-x86_64-R4.6)

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/macos-x86_64/4.6",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

macOS 11 Big Sur or later, arm64 + R-devel (macos-arm64-R4.6)

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/macos-arm64/4.6",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Ubuntu 22.04 + R 4.3 on s390x (ubuntu-22.04-s390x-R4.3)

options(repos = c(
  RHUB = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r-hub/repos/main/ubuntu-22.04-s390x/4.3",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))

Not needed?

We probably do not need to create containers for these CRAN platforms:

• extra BLAS
• extra gcc11
• extra gcc12

Not possible (= very hard) currently

We practically cannot implement this platform currently:

• m1mac (extra M1mac)

By CRAN container

CRAN Package Check Flavors

Name	CRAN	✓	Repo
ubuntu-clang	r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6
ubuntu-gcc12	r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6
ubuntu-libc++	r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang		ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++
fedora-gcc	r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc		fedora-38-R4.6
windows	r-devel-windows-x86_64	✓	CRAN
ubuntu-next	r-patched-linux-x86_64	✓	PPM
ubuntu-release	r-release-linux-x86_64	✓	PPM
macos-arm64	r-release-macos-arm64	✓	CRAN
macos	r-release-macos-x86_64	✓	CRAN
windows	r-release-windows-x86_64	✓	CRAN
macos-arm64	r-oldrel-macos-arm64	✓	CRAN
windows	r-oldrel-windows-x86_64	✓	CRAN

CRAN Package Check Issue Kinds

Name	CRAN	✓	Repo	Description
atlas	ATLAS	✓	fedora-38-R4.6	Tests with alternative BLAS/LAPACK implementations
blas	BLAS			Use of BLAS/LAPACK from C/C++ code
intel	Intel	✓	fedora-38-R4.6	Checks with Intel oneAPI 2023.x compilers
lto	LTO		ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Tests for link-time optimization type mismatches
m1mac	M1mac		CRAN?	Checks on a M1 (arm64) Mac
mkl	MKL	✓	fedora-38-R4.6	Tests with alternative BLAS/LAPACK implementations
openblas	OpenBLAS		fedora-38-R4.6	Tests with alternative BLAS/LAPACK implementations
c23	C23	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Checks of compiling C code in C23 mode
clang-asan	clang-ASAN	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Tests of memory access errors using AddressSanitizer
clang-ubsan	clang-UBSAN	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Tests of memory access errors using Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
clang16	clang16	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Checks with Clang 16.0.0
clang17	clang17	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Checks with LLVM pre-17.0.0
clang18	clang18	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Checks with LLVM pre-18.0.0
clang19	clang19	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6-libc++	Checks with LLVM pre-19.0.0
donttest	donttest	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Tests including \donttest examples
gcc-asan	gcc-ASAN	✓	fedora-40-R4.6	Tests of memory access errors using AddressSanitizer
gcc-asan	gcc-UBSAN	✓	fedora-40-R4.6	Tests of memory access errors using Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
gcc11	gcc11			Checks with GCC trunk aka 11.0
gcc12	gcc12			Installation issues with fedora-gcc but not fedora-clang
gcc13	gcc13	✓	fedora-38-R4.6	Checks with GCC trunk aka 13.0
gcc14	gcc14	✓	fedora-40-R4.6	Checks with GCC trunk aka 14.0
gcc15	gcc15			Installation checks with a snapshot of GCC pre-15
nold	noLD	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Tests without long double
noomp	noOMP		ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Tests without OpenMP support
nosuggests	noSuggests	✓	fedora-38-R4.6	Tests without suggested packages
valgrind	valgrind	✓	fedora-38-R4.6	Tests of memory access errors using valgrind
rchk	rchk	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Checks of native code (C/C++) based on static code analysis
rcnst	rcnst		ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Checks of corruption of constants
rlibro	rlibro		ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Checks with read-only user library
noremap	noRemap	✓	ubuntu-22.04-R4.6	Checks with -DR_NO_REMAP used for C++ code

License

MIT @ The R Consortium, Posit PBC