Custom venv without stepping into R

Author: coatless

.github/workflows/publish-website.yml

@@ -41,16 +41,12 @@ jobs:
             python-version: "3.x"
 
         # Install python dependencies for reticulate
-        - name: Setup r-reticulate venv
-          shell: Rscript {0}
+        - name: Create Python venv
           run: |
-            path_to_python <- reticulate::virtualenv_create(
-              envname = "r-reticulate",
-              python = Sys.which("python"),
-              requirements = "docs/requirements.txt"
-            )
-            writeLines(sprintf("RETICULATE_PYTHON=%s", path_to_python),
-                      Sys.getenv("GITHUB_ENV"))
+            python -m venv r-reticulate
+            source r-reticulate/bin/activate
+            pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+            echo "RETICULATE_PYTHON=$(pwd)/r-reticulate/bin/python" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         
         - name: "Set up Quarto"
           uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2