How to Install R (was Re: It isn't what RHL 5.2 was)

[Marc Schwartz]

On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 23:26, Phil Dybvig wrote:
> Walkanaers --
> 
> Installing R using RPMS on FC2:
> 
> If you are inexperienced with linux, it is probably easiest to use RPMs (and 
> some people argue that it is asking for problems to install without RPMs on an 
> RPM system).
> 
> Select a mirror from the page at the CRAN link under Download on the left on the 
> R project homepage, http://www.r-project.org.  Get the package using a browser.  
> For FC2, the package is in the directory /bin/linux/redhat/Fedora2/i386.  For 
> example, you may want to use a mirror at L'Universite de Lyon, you could point 
> mozilla at the directory 
> http://cran.univ-lyon1.fr/bin/linux/redhat/Fedora2/i386/, and select the newest 
> RPM file (currently R-1.9.1-0.fdr.1.2.i386.rpm) and save it to disk.  In the 
> directory where you saved the .rpm file, become root and install using rpm:
> 
> # rpm -i R-1.9.1-0*rpm
> 
> The ReadMe file in the same directory on the web as the RPM has some information 
> about dependencies for the package in case you get an error.
> 
> 
> It is also possible (and mostly automated) to compile R from source.  At this 
> point, RPMs are posted only for i386 (32-bit), so you have to compile your own 
> if you want to run in 64-bits on x86_64.  To make a 64-bit version, download the 
> source from the R mirror home page (under Source Code in the second big box on 
> the mirror page).  Unpack using
> 
> % tar -xzf R-1.9.1-*tgz
> 
> >From: walkanaers at noos.fr:
> 
> >How can I install R for math/statistics on Fedora 2, what are the commands in
> >the terminal mode to install and run the package?
> 
> Walkanaers --
> 
> Change directory to the unpacked soure directory
> 
> % cd R-1.9.1
> 
> and look at the file INSTALL for directions (probably ./configure; make; make 
> test and then make install as root will work).  This is pretty much the same 
> approach to getting any package in linux; consult a local guru for more details.
> 
> If you do compile your own, R does not seem to like UTF-8 fonts (although I saw 
> no problems beyond an initial warning.  I suggest becoming root and editing 
> /usr/local/bin/R to insert
> 
> LANG=en_US
> export LANG
> 
> after the first line.  (I assume en_US could be changed to fr_FR or whatever.)
> 
> -- Phil
> 
> PS To run R, just type R at the command prompt:
> 
> % R


I did not see Walkanaers post that started this part of the thread (and
searched the archive). Was this an offlist exchange? I did note a
mention of R in Phil's reply to the thread under the initial subject.

Further information regarding the installation, administration and usage
of R is available via several resources at the R web site.

The best thing to do is to start with the R e-mail list posting guide,
which provides excellent hints and guidance to the existing help
resources available for R. The Guide is at:

http://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html

If Walkanaers is on a 64 bit platform, he will need to compile from
source. Martyn Plummer, who is the R maintainer for RH platforms, does
not have access to a 64 bit machine to my knowledge. A 64 bit RPM was
provided for FC1 by another person, but is not yet available for FC2.

Otherwise, for 32 bit systems, Phil's comment about using the RPMS that
Martyn has made available is right on target.

Once you have reviewed the posting guide above and the available
documentation mentioned there (especially the "R Installation and
Administration Manual" and "An Introduction to R"), the best location
for R specific support is via the r-help e-mail list. Subscribing
information is available at:

https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help

HTH,

Marc Schwartz