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These335 ◴[] No.42159921[source]
I tried to follow along with the textbook before but really struggled with the practical side - R is just another world in terms of dependency management and organisation/documentation (compared to python at least). The book had me install some version of a library that was since unsupported. So I thought I would be a nerd and do everything in python instead, but there I had other problems installing pymc. After some hours of failing I just gave up. Can anyone speak to the state of the dependencies in this edition? Has everything been updated? Versions listed? Would love to give this another shot
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1. UniverseHacker ◴[] No.42165079[source]
I recommend using biocmanager to install all R packages- it is very good at automatically resolving dependency issues. The built in R stuff just isn’t great… but there are a few extremely good 3rd party systems

Ultimately there is no good solution- really in any language- that I know of for using old unmaintained packages on a modern version of the language.