Practical renv

posit::conf(2025)

Shannon Pileggi true
2025-09-18
Left hand side shows console error message from a failed renv restore; right hand side shows this talk is for frustrated renv users and potential renv users.

Figure 1: Screenshot of slide with error message from failed renv restore.

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Abstract

The {renv} package aims to help users create reproducible environments for R projects. In theory, this is great! In practice, restoring a package environment can be a frustrating process due to overlooked R configuration requirements. Join me to better understand the source of environment restoration issues and learn strategies for successful maintenance of {renv}-backed projects.

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as

Pileggi (2025, Sept. 18). PIPING HOT DATA: Practical renv. Retrieved from https://www.pipinghotdata.com/talks/2025-09-18-practical-renv/

BibTeX citation

@misc{pileggi2025practical,
  author = {Pileggi, Shannon},
  title = {PIPING HOT DATA: Practical renv},
  url = {https://www.pipinghotdata.com/talks/2025-09-18-practical-renv/},
  year = {2025}
}