Dockerfile that creates a validated image based on a RStudio Package Manager repo

Dockerfile

FROM ubuntu:bionic

ARG OS_IDENTIFIER=ubuntu-1804
ARG RSP_VERSION=1.2.1335-1
ARG RSP_PLATFORM=trusty
ARG R_VERSION=3.5.2
ARG REPO_BASE=http://demo.rstudiopm.com/validated
ARG REPO_PIN=1421

# Install the RSP bits for launcher
RUN apt-get update -y && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
    gdebi \
    libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
    libssl1.0.0 \
    libssl-dev \
    libuser \
    libuser1-dev \
    rrdtool \
    wget

RUN wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/session/${RSP_PLATFORM}/rsp-session-${RSP_PLATFORM}-${RSP_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /usr/lib/rstudio-server && \
    tar -zxvf ./rsp-session-${RSP_PLATFORM}-${RSP_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/rstudio-server/ && \
    mv /usr/lib/rstudio-server/rsp-session*/* /usr/lib/rstudio-server/ && \
    rm -rf /usr/lib/rstudio-server/rsp-session* && \
    rm -f ./rsp-session-${RSP_PLATFORM}-${RSP_VERSION}.tar.gz

EXPOSE 8787/tcp

# Install R pre-reqs
RUN apt-get update -qq && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    build-essential \
    curl \
    gfortran \
    libatlas-base-dev \
    libbz2-dev \
    libcairo2 \
    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libicu-dev \
    liblzma-dev \
    libpango-1.0-0 \
    libpangocairo-1.0-0 \
    libpcre3-dev \
    libtcl8.6 \
    libtiff5 \
    libtk8.6 \
    libx11-6 \
    libxt6 \
    locales \
    sudo \
    tzdata \
    wget \
    zlib1g-dev

# Pull in R binary from RStudio CDN
RUN wget -O R-${R_VERSION}.tar.gz https://cdn.rstudio.com/r/${OS_IDENTIFIER}/R-${R_VERSION}-${OS_IDENTIFIER}.tar.gz && \
    mkdir -p /opt/R && \
    tar zx -C /opt/R -f ./R-${R_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
    ln -s /opt/R/${R_VERSION}/bin/R /usr/bin/R && \
    ln -s /opt/R/${R_VERSION}/bin/Rscript /usr/bin/Rscript && \
    ln -s /opt/R/${R_VERSION}/lib/R /usr/lib/R && \
    rm R-${R_VERSION}.tar.gz
ENV LANG C.UTF-8

# Install package system reqs (from RSPM) 
RUN apt-get update -qq && \ 
  apt-get install -y  \
  libcurl4-openssl-dev \
  libssl-dev

# Install validated packages from repo
# install.packages('httr', repos = 'https://demo.rstudio.pm.com/validated/1421')
RUN R -e "install.packages('httr', repos='${REPO_BASE}/${REPO_PIN}')"

# Set repo option
# options(repos = c(CRAN='https://demo.rstudiopm.com/validated/1421'))
RUN echo "options(repos =c(CRAN='${REPO_BASE}/${REPO_PIN}'))" > /opt/R/${R_VERSION}/lib/R/etc/Rprofile.site