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March 07, 2011
Install R Statistical Package
Documentation of a process.
Step-by-step instructions from a kindred soul.
Official instructions from the R Project.
More official instructions.
1. Open a terminal
2. Add a gpg (pgp?) key to authenticate downloads from R.
- What is a gpg key?
$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key E084DAB9
$ gpg -a --export E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add -
- The GPG key may change occasionally. The most up to date key can be found in the SECURE APT section of this page.
3. Add a mirror site from which to download R-related code to sources.list
$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/source.list
Add this line to the bottom:
deb http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/R/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu lucid/
Note: A list of mirrors is available.
Note: See the INSTALLATION first section of this page for more on setting up a mirror.
4. Install the R code
$ sudo apt-get install r-base
Note: This tutorial mentions additional commands and build-essential at steps 7 & 8 but the above command appears to install that code.
5. Start and Update R
$ sudo R
> update.packages()
Potentially helpful comment:
I also like 'sudo apt-get install littler' and I then copy or link
install.r to /usr/local/bin and just use$ sudo install.r foo far fie foo
which would then install the (hyopthetical) packages foo, far, fie and foo
from CRAN.
6. Install and Open the R Commander GUI
$ R
> library(Rcmdr)
Loads packages
> Commander()
7. File Location Notes
R:
/etc/R/
/usr/lib/R/
/usr/share/R for architecture-independent files.
Downloaded Packages go here:
-- 'base R' and recommended packages are in /usr/lib/R/library/
-- Debian-packaged R packages are in /usr/lib/R/site-library/
-- packages installed by you / R are in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/
Posted by kkwaiser at March 7, 2011 10:01 AM