why SparkR isn't available in CRAN R package list? [duplicate]

Question

I checked for sparkR package in CRAN package list through the following link.

https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_date.html

This list does not include sparkR, and therefore installing sparkR through install.packages("package_name") cannot be done.

Why isn't sparkR listed in the package list?

Priestly

SparkR is in fact on CRAN – Frasco

@Frasco Not anymore – Adventitia

@Frasco would you know why the package was retired. the page says "as issues were not corrected in time." do you know what those issues were? – Spurrier

Answer 1

Since Spark 1.4, SparkR is not a separate package anymore but has been integrated with Apache Spark. So I guess it doesn't make sense anymore to create a CRAN R package for it.

Sandfly

SparkR is on CRAN – Frasco