[SPARK-32493] Manually install R instead of using setup-r in GitHub Actions

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.1.0
• Component/s: Project Infra, SparkR
• Assignee: Hyukjin Kwon
• Reporter: Hyukjin Kwon
• Created: 30/Jul/20 10:05
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 18:11
• Resolved: 30/Jul/20 11:08

Description

Looks like setup-r fails to install specific R version. See the debugging logs at https://github.com/HyukjinKwon/spark/pull/15:

ERROR: this R is version 3.4.4, package 'SparkR' requires R >= 3.5
[error] running /home/runner/work/spark/spark/R/install-dev.sh ; received return code 1
##[error]Process completed with exit code 10.

We should maybe just manually install R.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #29302 (HyukjinKwon)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #29302 (HyukjinKwon)