Install R package from a local source repository copy

Note

It is strongly recommended to install the released version. Try it if other installation methods result in errors.

Training or inference on CUDA-enabled GPUs requires NVIDIA Driver of version 450.80.02 or higher.

To install the R package from a local copy of the CatBoost repository:

  1. Set up build environment

    Warning

    CatBoost uses CMake-based build process since this commit. Previously Ya Make (Yandex's build system) had been used.

    Select the appropriate build environment setup below accordingly.

  2. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/catboost/catboost.git

  3. Open the catboost/catboost/R-package directory from the local copy of the CatBoost repository.

  4. Run the following commands:

    install.packages('devtools')
devtools::build()
devtools::install()

Troubleshooting

Installation error

If you use script for installation, try to add the repos parameter to the install.packages('devtools') command.
Select any repository from the list.

Example: install.packages("devtools", repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org").

ERROR: some hard-coded temporary paths could not be fixed

This can be mitigated by adding "--no-staged-install" option to INSTALL_opts parameter of remotes::install_url call

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