topic Re: How does one update base r? in Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

How does one update base r?

jbh1128d1 — Thu, 24 May 2018 04:48:59 GMT

So I already had R on my computer when Alteryx was installed. It seems like Alteryx installed R in the "Alteryx" folder and is not using the base r that was already there. Not a big deal however, I can't figure out how to either:

a: Point Alteryx to my updated r version or

b: update the base r in the Alteryx folder

Any ideas?

Re: How does one update base r?

PaulN — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:30:55 GMT

Hi @jbh1128d1,

Changing R version delivered with Alteryx is not a supported option. This is because Predictive and Prescriptive tools have been tested with a particular version of the packages. Upgrading R environment may introduce new behaviours or removed functionalities and is therefore not advisable.

Thanks,

Paul Noirel

Sr Customer Support Engineer

Re: How does one update base r?

jbh1128d1 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:05:03 GMT

Thanks @PaulN

Good thing I didn't screw anything up then.

Re: How does one update base r?

gururajb — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:25:36 GMT

There are a lot of useful packages which are only supported in R 3.4.

When can we have official upgrade to R 3.4?

Re: How does one update base r?

PaulN — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 09:30:07 GMT

Hey @gururajb,

Alteryx Designer 2018.2, currently downloadable from https://licenses.alteryx.com comes with R 3.4.4.

Thanks,

Paul Noirel

Customer Support Engineer, Alteryx

Re: How does one update base r?

maxwangjnj — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:40:38 GMT

Hi @PaulN,

When will the Alteryx update the R to 3.5?

The case is that I found that the R Package "caret" latest version only support R3.5 instead of R3.4.4.

Thanks,

Max

Re: How does one update base r?

kentweyrauch — Fri, 31 May 2019 19:01:35 GMT

Also looking for an update on this.

Thanks,

Kent