diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RStudio-Server/RStudio-Server-2023.12.1+402-gfbf-2023b-Java-11-R-4.3.3.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RStudio-Server/RStudio-Server-2023.12.1+402-gfbf-2023b-Java-11-R-4.3.3.eb
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/RStudio-Server/RStudio-Server-2023.12.1+402-gfbf-2023b-Java-11-R-4.3.3.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeNinja'
+
+name = 'RStudio-Server'
+version = "2023.12.1+402"
+versionsuffix = '-Java-%(javaver)s-R-%(rver)s'
+local_git_rev = '4da58325ffcff29d157d9264087d4b1ab27f7204'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.rstudio.com/'
+description = """This is the RStudio Server version.
+RStudio is a set of integrated tools designed to help you be more productive with R.
+
+The server can be started with:
+  rserver --server-daemonize=0 --www-port=8787
+
+If you need a database config one can be created with:
+  MYTMP=`mktemp -d` && echo -e "provider=sqlite\\ndirectory=${MYTMP}/sqlite" > "${MYTMP}/db.conf"
+and then used with:
+  rserver ... --database-config-file="${MYTMP}/db.conf"
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2023b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/archive']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['196d31094d580a74737fbf689d2d0b302da5fec13694aa1d63f8875d3e45e4dd']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('ant', '1.10.14', '-Java-%(javaver)s', SYSTEM),
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('Ninja', '1.11.1'),
+    ('pkgconf', '2.0.3'),
+    ('nodejs', '20.9.0'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('Java', '11', '', SYSTEM),
+    ('R', '4.3.3'),
+    ('SOCI', '4.0.3'),
+    ('yaml-cpp', '0.8.0'),
+]
+
+osdependencies = [
+    ('pam-devel', 'libpam0g-dev')
+]
+
+preconfigopts = " && ".join([
+    # Install dependencies via scripts. Done in subshell to preserve PWD
+    "(export RSTUDIO_TOOLS_ROOT='%(builddir)s'",
+    "cd '%(start_dir)s/dependencies/common'",
+    "./install-cef",
+    "./install-dictionaries",
+    "./install-mathjax",
+    "./install-pandoc",
+    "./install-packages",
+    "./install-panmirror",
+    "./install-npm-dependencies)",
+    ""
+])
+
+configopts = " ".join([
+    "-DRSTUDIO_TOOLS_ROOT='%(builddir)s'",
+    "-DRSTUDIO_TARGET=Server",
+    "-DRSTUDIO_USE_SYSTEM_BOOST=ON",
+    "-DRSTUDIO_USE_SYSTEM_SOCI=ON",
+    "-DRSTUDIO_USE_SYSTEM_YAML_CPP=ON",
+    "-DQUARTO_ENABLED=OFF",  # Not available on all archs, use pandoc fallback
+    "-DRSTUDIO_GIT_REVISION_HASH=" + local_git_rev
+])
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    # RSession requires environment variables R_HOME and R_DOC_DIR
+    'R_HOME="$EBROOTR/lib64/R" R_DOC_DIR="$R_HOME/doc" rsession --verify-installation=1',
+    # RServer requires a db conf (this may also be needed for live use)
+    # Also create and set a soem dirs so it doesn't try to use $HOME
+    ' '.join([
+        'MYTMP=`mktemp -d`',
+        '&& export RSTUDIO_CONFIG_DIR="$MYTMP"',
+        '&& export XDG_DATA_HOME="$MYTMP/.data"',
+        '&& export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$MYTMP/.cache"',
+        '&& mkdir "$XDG_DATA_HOME" "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"',
+        '&& export RS_LOG_DIR="$MYTMP/log"',
+        '&& echo -e "provider=sqlite\\ndirectory=$MYTMP/db" >> "$MYTMP/db.conf"',
+        '&& rserver',
+        '--verify-installation=1',
+        '--server-user="$USER"',
+        '--database-config-file="$MYTMP/db.conf"',
+        '--server-data-dir="$MYTMP/sdd"',
+        '--secure-cookie-key-file="$MYTMP/secure-cookie-key"',
+    ]),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/rstudio-server'],
+    'dirs': ['bin', 'extras', 'resources', 'www', 'www-symbolmaps', 'R'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SOCI/SOCI-4.0.3-GCC-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SOCI/SOCI-4.0.3-GCC-13.2.0.eb
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SOCI/SOCI-4.0.3-GCC-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'SOCI'
+version = '4.0.3'
+
+homepage = 'http://soci.sourceforge.net/'
+description = """SOCI is a database access library for C++ that makes the illusion of embedding SQL queries in the
+ regular C++ code, staying entirely within the Standard C++."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/SOCI/soci/archive']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['4b1ff9c8545c5d802fbe06ee6cd2886630e5c03bf740e269bb625b45cf934928']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Boost', '1.83.0'),
+    ('SQLite', '3.43.1'),
+    ('PostgreSQL', '16.1'),
+]
+
+# Matches RStudio (1.4.1717) install options
+# https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/blob/ddcd7191ec89c4da00e77afae7e9f27e61e87c36/dependencies/common/install-soci
+configopts = "-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=true "
+configopts += "-DSOCI_TESTS=OFF "
+configopts += "-DSOCI_CXX11=ON "
+configopts += "-DSOCI_EMPTY=OFF "
+configopts += '-DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH="$EBROOTBOOST/include" '
+configopts += "-DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON "
+configopts += '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH="$EBROOTBOOST/lib" '
+configopts += "-DWITH_BOOST=ON "
+configopts += "-DWITH_POSTGRESQL=ON "
+configopts += "-DWITH_SQLITE3=ON "
+configopts += "-DWITH_DB2=OFF "
+configopts += "-DWITH_MYSQL=OFF "
+configopts += "-DWITH_ORACLE=OFF "
+configopts += "-DWITH_FIREBIRD=OFF "
+configopts += "-DWITH_ODBC=OFF "
+configopts += "-DBoost_DEBUG=1 "
+
+local_dbs = ['postgresql', 'sqlite3']
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libsoci_%s.%s' % (x, SHLIB_EXT) for x in local_dbs + ['core']],
+    'dirs': ['include/soci/%s' % x for x in local_dbs],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/y/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.8.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/y/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.8.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
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index 000000000000..dc041455a414
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/y/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.8.0-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# This easyconfig was created by the BEAR Software team at the University of Birmingham.
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+name = 'yaml-cpp'
+version = "0.8.0"
+
+homepage = "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp"
+description = """yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ matching the YAML 1.2 spec"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/jbeder/%(name)s/archive/']
+sources = ['%(version)s.tar.gz']
+
+checksums = [
+    {'0.8.0.tar.gz': 'fbe74bbdcee21d656715688706da3c8becfd946d92cd44705cc6098bb23b3a16'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6')
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libyaml-cpp.a', 'include/yaml-cpp/yaml.h'],
+    'dirs': ['lib', 'include'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'