r-rig-app

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "\n\n# The R Installation Manager\n\nInstall, remove, configure R versions.\n\n\n- \ud83d\ude80\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-features\"\u003eFeatures\u003c/a\u003e\n- \ud83d\udc1e\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-known-issues\"\u003eKnown Issues\u003c/a\u003e\n- \u2b07\ufe0f\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-installation\"\u003eInstalling rig\u003c/a\u003e\n- \u2699\ufe0f\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-usage\"\u003eUsage\u003c/a\u003e\n- \u26f5\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-macos-menu-bar-app\"\u003emacOS menu bar app\u003c/a\u003e\n- \ud83d\udce6\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-container\"\u003eDocker containers with rig\u003c/a\u003e\n- \ud83e\udd1d\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-feedback\"\u003eFeedback\u003c/a\u003e\n- \u2753\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-faq\"\u003eFAQ\u003c/a\u003e\n- \ud83d\udcd8\u00a0 \u003ca href=\"#id-license\"\u003eLicense\u003c/a\u003e\n\n## \ud83d\ude80\u00a0 Features \u003ca id=\"id-features\"\u003e\n\n- Works on macOS, Windows and Linux.\n- Supports many Linux distributions, see [list\n  below](#supported-linux-distributions).\n- Easy installation and update, no system requirements on any platform.\n- Install multiple R versions.\n- Select the default R version, for the terminal and RStudio.\n- Select R version to install using symbolic names: `devel`, `next`,\n  `release`, `oldrel`, etc.\n- List R versions available to install.\n- Run multiple versions *at the same* time using quick links. E.g.\n  `R-4.1` or `R-4.1.2` starts R 4.1.x. Quick links are automatically\n  added to the user\u2019s path.\n- On macOS it comes with a menu bar app that shows the default R version\n  and lets you select it interactively. [See\n  below](#id-macos-menu-bar-app).\n- On arm64 macs select between x86_64 and arm64 versions or R, or\n  install both.\n- Sets up the default CRAN mirror and\n  [PPM](https://packagemanager.posit.co/). (Only if you are not using\n  RStudio or Positron!)\n- Installs [pak](https://pak.r-lib.org) and set up automatic [system\n  requirements\n  installation](https://pak.r-lib.org/dev/reference/sysreqs.html).\n- Creates and configures user level package libraries.\n- Restricts permissions to the system library. (On macOS, not needed on\n  Windows and Linux).\n- Includes auto-complete for `zsh` and `bash`, on macOS and Linux.\n- Updates R installations to allow debugging with `lldb`, and to allow\n  core dumps, on macOS.\n- Installs the appropriate Rtools versions on Windows and s",
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