Make available via ARDC BinderHub service?

[dfalster]

I was investigating the ARDC's new BinderHub service: https://binderhub.rc.nectar.org.au

Binderhub builds a Dockerfile and starts up an instance at https://binderhub.rc.nectar.org.au/v2/gh/traitecoevo/reproductive_allocation_kuringgai/HEAD

In principle you can initialise with a DESCRIPTION file. This runs devtools::install_local(getwd()). However, our repo isn't actually a package so doesn't install fully.

The downloaded source packages are in
        ‘/tmp/RtmpBczwca/downloaded_packages’
Skipping install of 'ggmap' from a github remote, the SHA1 (8b12bebc) has not changed since last install.
  Use `force = TRUE` to force installation
Skipping install of 'V.PhyloMaker2' from a github remote, the SHA1 (7af3fb51) has not changed since last install.
  Use `force = TRUE` to force installation
── R CMD build ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* checking for file ‘/tmp/RtmpBczwca/file7201c1bf1/jovyan/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
* preparing ‘reproductive_allocation_kuringgai’:
* checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... ERROR
Malformed package name

See section 'The DESCRIPTION file' in the 'Writing R Extensions'
manual.
Error: Failed to install 'reproductive_allocation_kuringgai' from local:
  ! System command 'R' failed
Execution halted
Removing intermediate container 8ae52050e9b5
The command '/bin/sh -c R --quiet -e "devtools::install_local(getwd())"' returned a non-zero code: 1

[dfalster]

Updated package name via a73f018, but further issues remain.

One is that all the package installation takes place upon launch. Wouldn't it be better to install at time of creation, so image launches with packages installed?

[dfalster]

See further instructions here: https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/communication/binder/zero-to-binder.html