Obtain R packages as part of setup

Author: StuartWheater

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -553,7 +553,9 @@ jobs:
     # If previous steps have failed then don't run.
   - bash: |
 
-      curl -u admin:admin -v -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -F "file=@dsBase_6.3.1-permissive.tar.gz" -X POST http://localhost:8080/install-package
+      curl -u admin:admin -X GET http://localhost:8080/packages
+
+      curl -u admin:admin --max-time 300 -v -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -F "file=@dsBase_6.3.1-permissive.tar.gz" -X POST http://localhost:8080/install-package
 
       docker container restart dsbaseclient_armadillo_1
       sleep 120