Add R and support for R in jupyter

[aidanheerdegen]

Do we want to add the r-essentials package which would allow researchers to use the jupyter notebook environment with R?

https://anaconda.org/chdoig/jupyter-and-conda-for-r/notebook

[ccarouge]

Will r-essentials cover the needs of the Centre or will it open the door to installing even more stuff to support R?

[aidanheerdegen]

I think it will inevitably mean some sort of support burden, but it is also more normal for R users to install their own packages (and easy), so maybe not a massive burden.

[paolap]

would R users use Jupiter or would they prefer R-studio?, we could ask NCI to install that if there's enough interest and then we do not have to maintain it

[ScottWales]

I could see us having a basic 'r' environment separate from the analysis environments, however not sure if we have the experience with R to support it