Ok, let's try this.

Author: Susan Vanderplas

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       GH_PAT: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
-      WORKON_HOME: "~/.virtualenvs"
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -33,20 +32,21 @@ jobs:
         && sudo apt install gh -y
       shell: /bin/bash {0}
 
-    - name: Setup Python and virtual environment using requirements file
-      id: setup-python-venv
-      uses: srvanderplas/[email protected]
-      with:
-        python-version-file: '.python-version'
-        cache-dependency-path: requirements.txt
-        install-cmd: "./py-deps -i"
-
-    - name: Test
-      run: |
-        echo $RETICULATE_PYTHON;
-        echo $RETICULATE_PYTHON_ENV;
-        echo "$pythonLocation" >> $GITHUB_PATH;
+#
+#     - name: Setup Python and virtual environment using requirements file
+#       id: setup-python-venv
+#       uses: srvanderplas/[email protected]
+#       with:
+#         python-version-file: '.python-version'
+#         cache-dependency-path: requirements.txt
+#         install-cmd: "./py-deps -i"
 
+    # - name: Test
+    #   run: |
+    #     echo $RETICULATE_PYTHON;
+    #     echo $RETICULATE_PYTHON_ENV;
+    #     echo "$pythonLocation" >> $GITHUB_PATH;
+    #
 
     - name: Renv setup
       uses: r-lib/actions/setup-renv@v2
@@ -57,17 +57,21 @@ jobs:
         renv::status()
         renv::diagnostics()
 
-    - name: Reticulate checks
+    - name: Setup Python/venv with reqs file in reticulate
+      id: setup-reticulate-venv
       shell: Rscript {0}
       run: |
-        print(getwd())
-
-        system("bash venv/bin/activate")
-        system("which python")
+        reticulate::install_python(version=readLines(".python-version"))
+        reticulate::py_install(c("virtualenv"))
+        reticulate::virtualenv_root(".")
+        reticulate::virtualenv_create("venv", requirements="requirements.txt")
+        reticulate::use_virtualenv("venv")
 
+    - name: Reticulate checks
+      shell: Rscript {0}
+      run: |
         devtools::session_info()
         reticulate::py_config()
-        reticulate::use_virtualenv("${{ env.VIRTUAL_ENV }}")
 
     - uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
       with: