drocker is a docker-compose wrapper on top of rocker/ropensci This is a starting point for a new R project.

The instructions below have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04. Adapt them as required for your own OS.

1. Download and install Docker. Community Edition will work fine.

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose
   

2. Clone this repo

   git clone [email protected]:askrht/drocker.git
   

3. Start the docker image. This downloads approximately 4 GB of Docker images, first time.

   cd drocker
   docker-compose up -d
   

4. Stop the containers when you are done

   docker-compose down
   

1. You can access RStudio at localhost:8787. It takes about 2 minutes for it to launch, the first time.
2. RStudio files are saved under /docs

1. Modify drocker/Dockerfile
2. Stop the container, remove the exsiting drocker image and bring it up again

   docker-compose down && docker rmi drocker_drocker && docker-compose up -d
   

3. You can enter the running container to check which packges are installed, like so:

   docker exec -it drocker_drocker_1 bash
   R
   > library("tidyverse")
   > installed.packages() %>% grep(pattern="gsheet") %>% installed.packages()[.]
   [1] "gsheet"