Install R Packages Task for Azure DevOps

Install R Packages Extension (Azure DevOps Marketplace)

The task in this extension allows for the installation of R packages within a CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps. Provided a list of R package names, the task will install each of them from CRAN.

Requirements

The only prerequisite for running this task is that the build agent running the task must have R installed and configured in the PATH.

Build Agent Compatibility

Provided that R is installed, this task can run on any supported build agent environment (i.e. Windows, Ubuntu, and macOS)

Installing R Packages

When adding this task to an Azure Pipeline, provide a list of R package names separated by commas into the R Package Names (rPackageNames) field to have them installed on the build agent. These packages will then be available for use in any R scripts being run in the pipeline.

In YAML, this should look something like:

- task: InstallRPackages@0
  displayName: Install R Packages
  inputs:
    rPackageNames: stringr, testthat

Credit

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