That's why virtual runtimes, like Java, were invented. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Wolfgang Huber <whu...@embl.de> wrote:
> Dear Sean > I understand the second point. As for .Call not being the right paradigm, > then maybe some other method invocation mechanism? In essence, my question > is whether someone already has figured out whether new virtualisation tools > can help avoid some of the tradtional Makeovers/configure pain. > Wolfgang > > > > > > > > On Apr 14, 2015, at 13:52 GMT+2, Sean Davis <seand...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, Wolfgang. > > > > One way to think of docker is as a very efficient, self-contained > virtual machine. The operative term is "self-contained". The docker > containers resemble real machines from the inside and the outside. These > machines can expose ports and can mount file systems, but something like > .Call would need to use a network protocol, basically. So, I think the > direct answer to your question is "no". > > > > That said, there is no reason that a docker container containing all > complex system dependencies for the Bioc build system, for example, > couldn't be created with a minimal R installation. Such a system could > then become the basis for further installations, perhaps even > package-specific ones (though those would need to include all R package > dependencies, also). R would need to run INSIDE the container, though, to > get the benefits of the installed complex dependencies. > > > > I imagine Dan or others might have other thoughts to contribute. > > > > Sean > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Wolfgang Huber <whu...@embl.de> wrote: > > Is it possible to ship individual R packages (that e.g. contain complex, > tricky to compile C/C++ libraries or other system resources) as Docker > containers (or analogous) so that they would still run under a “normal”, > system-installed R. Or, is it possible to provide a Docker container that > contains such complex system dependencies such that a normal R package can > access it e.g. via .Call ? > > > > (This question exposes my significant ignorance on the topic, I’m still > asking it for the potential benefit of a potential answer.) > > > > Wolfgang > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
