Is this the normal way to install packages when building the book?

[Dantescur]

Hi! I'm new to R and trying to build the book locally to learn offline. When I run quarto render after cloning, I keep getting "package not found" errors and have to install them one by one:

1. quarto render → "no package called 'tidyverse'"
2. install.packages("tidyverse")
3. quarto render → "no package called 'nycflights13'"
4. install.packages("nycflights13")
5. Repeat...

This is pretty frustrating as a beginner. Is this how it normally works?

Would it be possible to add a simple script like install-deps.R that installs all needed packages at once? Something like:

# install-deps.R
packages <- c("tidyverse", "nycflights13", "maps", "tidymodels")
for (pkg in packages) {
  if (!requireNamespace(pkg, quietly = TRUE)) {
    install.packages(pkg)
  }
}

Or maybe just list all required packages in the README?

I'm happy to help make a PR if this would be useful! Just wondering if the current approach is intentional or if there's a better way.

Thanks!