[R] Using yum to install R-2.9

[Marc Schwartz]

On Jun 10, 2009, at 9:53 AM, Saptarshi Guha wrote:

> Hello,
> On Fedora 8, yum install R , installs R-2.6.
> I dont have much experience with yum, how do change the repos(?) to
> install R-2.9?
>
> Thank you
> Saptarshi



Upgrade to a still supported version of Fedora. Fedora 8 went EOL back  
in January, which means that you have been without *any* updates (bug  
fixes, kernel updates, security patches, etc.) since then.

With the release of Fedora 11 this week, Fedora 9 will go EOL in about  
a month, at which point, only Fedora 10 and 11 will be actively  
supported. If you are going to ride the Fedora train, you need to be  
willing to update your Fedora distribution relatively frequently. The  
current Fedora release and support schedule will generally allow you  
to skip one release, but not two. So if you are going to upgrade, you  
will want to move to at least Fedora 10.

You could try to download and install the appropriate 32 or 64 bit F9  
RPMs that Martyn prepares here:

   http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/redhat/fedora9/

But it may have F9 dependencies that can put you on a slippery slope  
of satisfying certain dependencies. I have not looked at the spec file.

BTW, there is a Fedora specific R e-mail list:

    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora

which you might want to subscribe to and then post future Fedora/RH  
specific queries there.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz