How to install stringi library from archive and install the local icu52l.zip

Question

We\'re bumbling through making some R code work in a production environment and as part of that we\'re installing some R packages as follows:

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Answer 1

1. Clone the git clone https://github.com/gagolews/stringi.git.
2. Edit the .Rbuildignore file and get rid of the ^src/icu55/data line.
3. Run R CMD build stringi_dir_name to build tar.gz file.
4. Install the obtained .tar.gz file on your machine(s), e.g., via install.packages("stringi_xxx.tar.gz")