R Version on Azure Databricks

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Azure Databricks currently runs R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15), which is unacceptable in my opinion since the latest R version on CRAN is 3.5.2 (2018-12-20).

My question is: Is it possible for me to upgrade and install R version 3.5.2 on Azure Databricks? Follow-up question, is there any information available regarding the release schedule for R on Databricks?

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2 Answers

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So yes you can upgrade packages yourself. To see what packages and versions are installed:

%sh
apt list --installed

Then to upgrade a package:

%sh
apt-get install --only-upgrade r-base

In my case the output of that command was:

r-base is already the newest version (3.4.4-1xenial0).

I don't know enough about R and the versions or packages to say if that is the package you are looking for or not. But hopefully this is enough for you to find the solution.

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I got in touch with Microsoft via email and they confirmed that you cannot upgrade and install a newer version of R on Azure Databricks as R comes bundled with the Databricks runtime.