Not able to install packages MicrosoftML and mrsdeploy in R studio

Question

I am trying to deploy R code onto server. But for I think we need to install both MicrosoftML and mrsdeploy . But I get an error while trying to download:

install.packages("MicrosoftML")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/vinay/Documents/R/win-library/3.5’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :

package 'MicrosoftML' is not available (for R version 3.5.2)

install.packages("mrsdeploy")
Installing package into ‘C:/Users/vinay/Documents/R/win-library/3.5’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
Warning in install.packages :

package 'mrsdeploy' is not available (for R version 3.5.2)

Answer 1

As the above error suggest you that the packages MicrosoftML and mrsdeploy are not available in R version 3.5.2 , so you will have to use the R version in which these packages are present/compatible.

You can refer to this issue: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/feedback/issues/352

For MicrosoftML refer to this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/machine-learning-server/r/concept-what-is-the-microsoftml-package

Answer 2

You need to make an R Client deployment to have the ability to use the RevoScaleR, MicrosoftML, and mrsdeploy packages. Specifically for R version 3.5.2 and Ubuntu 14.04 - 16.04, please follow the following steps:

# Install as root or sudo
sudo su

# If your system does not have the https apt transport option, add it now
apt-get install apt-transport-https

# Set the package repository location containing the R Client distribution. 
# On Ubuntu 14.04.
# wget http://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/14.04/prod/packages-microsoft-prod.deb 
# On Ubuntu 16.04.
wget http://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb 

# Register the repo.
dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

# Check for microsoft-prod.list configuration file to verify registration.
ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

# Update packages on your system
apt-get update

# Install the 3.5.2 packages
# Alternative for 3.4.1: apt-get install microsoft-r-client-packages-3.4.1
# Alternative for 3.4.3: apt-get install microsoft-r-client-packages-3.4.3
apt-get install microsoft-r-client-packages-3.5.2

# List the packages
ls /opt/microsoft/rclient/

Then download one of:

Ubuntu 14.04:

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/14.04/prod/pool/main/m/microsoft-r-client-packages-3.5.2/microsoft-r-client-packages-3.5.2.deb

Ubuntu 16.04:

wget https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/prod/pool/main/m/microsoft-r-client-packages-3.5.2/microsoft-r-client-packages-3.5.2.deb

Install the packages with:

dpkg -i *.deb

If you use RStudio you can on Linux add R_LIBS_SITE=/opt/microsoft/rclient/3.5.2/libraries/RServer on bottom of the file /opt/microsoft/rclient/3.5.2/runtime/R/etc/Renviron

Both packages mrsdeploy and MicrosoftML will be now available from RStudio as you can check with:

library(mrsdeploy)
library(MicrosoftML)

For instructions like the above for newer R versions please check this Microsoft Docs page .