How to install azuremlsdk for R on rocker/tidyverse:latest?

Question

I try to install azuremlsdk for R on rocker/tidyverse:latest image:

dir.create("library")

install.packages("azuremlsdk", repos="https://cloud.r-project.org", lib="library")
azuremlsdk::install_azureml()

However, I get the following error on the last line:

Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called 'azuremlsdk' Calls: :: ... loadNamespace -> withRestarts -> withOneRestart -> doWithOneRestart

Why does it happen and how to fix it?

PS I must install everything inside library because otherwise the folder is not writable.

If you can suggest a docker image that includes R and AzureML SDK for R, then I'd appreciate as well.

Answer 1

Step-by-step instructions for installing the Azure ML SDK for R:

Step1: Install Conda

If you do not have Conda already installed on your machine, you will first need to install it, since the Azure ML R SDK uses reticulate to bind to the Python SDK. We recommend installing Miniconda, which is a smaller, lightweight version of Anaconda. Choose the 64-bit binary for Python 3.5 or later.

Step2: Install the azuremlsdk R package

You will need remotes to install azuremlsdk from the GitHub repo.

install.packages('remotes')

Then, you can use the install_github function to install the package.

remotes::install_cran('azuremlsdk', repos = 'https://cloud.r-project.org/')

If you are using R installed from CRAN, which comes with 32-bit and 64-bit binaries, you may need to specify the parameter INSTALL_opts=c("--no-multiarch") to only build for the current 64-bit architecture.

remotes::install_cran('azuremlsdk', repos = 'https://cloud.r-project.org/', INSTALL_opts=c("--no-multiarch"))

For more details, refer " Install the Azure ML SDK for R " and " Azure ML SDK for R ".

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.