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The Goal To set up a shared repository of scientific software installations that can be used on a variety of systems, regardless of which flavour/version of Linux distribution is used, or whether it’s a full size HPC cluster, or a cloud environment.
Advantages of using Nix in RE Nix Current state of RE
Install R using nix-shell Install R and ggplot2 from the shell nix-shell --packages 'rWrapper.override{packages = [ rPackages.ggplot2 ];}'
CI/CD with shell.nix file • This shell.nix file creates a jupyter environment with the IRKernel available.