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How to install R and Python packages from Posit Package Manager?

Learn how to configure your R and Python development environments to install packages from Posit Package Manager. This course covers both the public instance (P3M) and internal, organization-hosted repositories. You'll find the correct repository URL, point your tools at it in Positron and RStudio, and verify your environment is installing from the intended source.

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Course Objectives

  1. Explain what Posit Package Manager is and why configuring your repository source matters
  2. Locate the correct repository URL for a given Package Manager instance, whether public (P3M) or internal
  3. Configure R to install from Package Manager in both Positron and RStudio
  4. Configure Python (pip) to install from Package Manager in both Positron and RStudio
  5. Verify your environment is installing from the intended repository, including how to check a pre-configured setup in Posit Workbench

Curriculum20 min

  • Why Posit Package Manager?
  • Why point your tools at Package Manager?
  • Configure your Environments
  • Find your repository URL
  • Configure R in Positron and RStudio
  • Configure Python in Positron and RStudio
  • Next Steps
  • Course wrap-up
  • Installing Packages from Package Manager
  • Wrap Up

Course Objectives

  1. Explain what Posit Package Manager is and why configuring your repository source matters
  2. Locate the correct repository URL for a given Package Manager instance, whether public (P3M) or internal
  3. Configure R to install from Package Manager in both Positron and RStudio
  4. Configure Python (pip) to install from Package Manager in both Positron and RStudio
  5. Verify your environment is installing from the intended repository, including how to check a pre-configured setup in Posit Workbench

Curriculum20 min

  • Why Posit Package Manager?
  • Why point your tools at Package Manager?
  • Configure your Environments
  • Find your repository URL
  • Configure R in Positron and RStudio
  • Configure Python in Positron and RStudio
  • Next Steps
  • Course wrap-up
  • Installing Packages from Package Manager
  • Wrap Up