Update or install packages on the training Opal servers v5

  • Open your web browser and enter the URL of the server you want to install a server side package
    e.g. the URL of the 1st training Opal server is 192.168.56.100:8080
  • Sign in with:
login: administrator
password: password

  • Click on the Administration tab and select on the DataSHIELD link under the section DATA ANALYSIS .

Update all DataSHIELD server side packages

  • First remove existing DataSHIELD packages by clicking the  remove  button adjacent to each package. Confirm the removal by selecting yes 
  • Click on the button  Add Package  and select install all DataSHIELD packages . Click Install .
  • Make the functions available by clicking on  Publish methods for each package.

Install a new (or update) one server side package

  • Click on the button Add Package and type the package name in the popup window e.g. dsBase .

You can install all the server side packages at once by choosing the option Install all DataSHIELD packages . Click Install

  • Make the functions available by clicking on Publish methods .

Install a non R CRAN package on an Opal training server

  • Launch your Opal training servers from Virtual Box
  • Once running log into a server:
login: user
password: password
or
login: root
password: puppet
  • Give yourself root privileges by typing into the command line:
$ sudo su
  • enter the password: password
  • launch R and source the OpenMx package
# R
> source('http://openmx.psyc.virginia.edu/getOpenMx.R')
  • press Enter on your keyboard to install the OpenMx package on the training Opal server
  • repeat for the other training Opal servers

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