How to get Microsoft R Open 3.2.3 to run on Debian Jessie

install_ms_r_open.sh

### PLAIN INSTALLATION ###

#Download the installer for Microsoft R Open built for Ubuntu 15
wget https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/install/mro/3.2.3/MRO-3.2.3-Ubuntu-15.4.x86_64.deb

#Install package ignoring the missing libjpeg dependency
sudo dpkg -i --ignore-depends libjpeg8 MRO-3.2.3-Ubuntu-15.4.x86_64.deb 

#At this point you can already use MRO but plotting won't work! 

### PLOTTING FIX ###

sudo printf "# testing\ndeb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo vim /etc/apt/preferences
# old
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 980

Package: *
Pin: release a=jessie-backports
Pin-Priority: 900

# new 
Package: libjpeg8 
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stretch 
Pin-Priority: 990

#install libjpeg8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libjpeg8

### PERFORMANCE ####

#Download and install MKL library for faster computations 
wget https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/install/mro/3.2.3/RevoMath-3.2.3.tar.gz
tar -xzf RevoMath-3.2.3.tar.gz 
cd RevoMath
sudo ./RevoMath.sh 

#check if it's working
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