[R] installing R on Ubuntu

Sat Nov 7 06:10:03 CET 2009

Yes. That is wath Mr. Kevin is pointing.

Mr. Saeed your Ubuntu has been installed from Ubuntu Repos so it is
old: 2.8.1. And there is 2.10 now and some packages requires at least
2.9.

And I am afraid that Mr. Kevin words are correct: It is not with
clicks to get a update R running on Linux. But with practice it
becomes easy and funny.

By the way last time I check there were no repos on CRAN repos for the
keramic koala.

Caveman

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Saeed Abu Nimeh <sabunime at gmail.com> wrote:
> Strange. All I had to do is sudo apt-get install r-base and R is
> running without problems.
>
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
>
> R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Kevin Wright <kw.stat at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Having just spent several hours installing R on ubuntu, I have to say, "Yes,
>> it really can be that complex".  The Ubuntu repository is out-of-date, so
>> add another one.  While the README file at CRAN is helpful, one has to
>> wonder why it tells you to install R before you have added the security
>> keys.  Strange.  Then, you have to specify the path into the CRAN repository
>> exactly right, and it is not perfectly clear if "CRAN" is part of the path,
>> since the different repositories use different paths.  Also did you know
>> that the slash at the end of "deb http:......  jaunty/" is necessary?  Don't
>> you love "magic characters" and "white-space formatted" configuration files
>> that UNIX is so famous for?  (Can't tell you how many times spaces have
>> screwed up makefiles for me in the past.)   Need to tweak R?  On Windows ALL
>> the files are in c:/Program Files/R, but Ubuntu scatters them all over the
>> file system.  Seems like this operating system was designed in 1970.  Oh,
>> wait...  We'll probably be cursed with this directory structure until the
>> end of time, along with the mymatrix[ , , drop=TRUE] design of S/R.
>>
>> Well, now that I have most of the mistakes that one can make, next time the
>> install process will most likely be easier, but nowhere near as easy as one
>> click on the Windows installer on CRAN.
>>
>> Kevin (longtime Windows & UNIX user)
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen <backer at psych.uib.no>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear me.  Is the installation of R under Ubuntu really that complex?  I
>>> have a dual boot machine (Linux / Windows, where I use the latter the most)
>>> and have plans to try R under Linux, but have not done so yet.  Is it
>>> possible to simplify the Linux install procedure to make R more accessible
>>> to novices?
>>>
>>> Compare that to Windows.  (1) Download installation program (2) Run
>>> installation program.  That is it.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've read some of R's literature on Linux, including the R Admin manual,
>>>> and
>>>> didn't find it very useful, which is probably my own limitation.  But I
>>>> did
>>>> finally manage to get it working well.  I'm posting this to help others.
>>>> The following worked when installing R 2.8.1 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
>>>> Here are truly step-by-step instructions for those who don't know Linux
>>>> (like me):
>>>>
>>>> Installation and Initial Set-Up of R for Ubuntu Linux
>>>>
>>>> 1. Open the Bash terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal)
>>>> 2. Type these lines to add the security key to access the latest version
>>>> of
>>>> the R Ubuntu package:
>>>>        user at computer:~$ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key
>>>> E2A11821
>>>>        user at computer:~$ gpg -a --export E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add -
>>>> 3. Use the Bash terminal to open your sources.list file with gedit (text
>>>> editor) for editing:
>>>>        user at computer:~$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>>>> 4. Add this line to the bottom of the sources.list file:
>>>>        deb http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntuhardy/
>>>> 5. Save the file and go back to the Bash terminal.
>>>> 6. Type this to update apt-get's database before you install R:
>>>>        user at computer:~$ sudo apt-get update
>>>> 7. Install R with this command:
>>>>        user at computer:~$ sudo apt-get install r-base
>>>> 8. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, and download
>>>> the build-essential package.
>>>> 9. To use R, simply enter R in the Bash terminal.  To quit, enter q().
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Additional programs will be needed to install other packages or work with
>>>> other programs:
>>>> 1. Install compilers for C++ and Fortran
>>>>        user at computer:~$ sudo apt-get install g++ gfortran
>>>> 2. Install the developer versions of Blas and Lapack (what are these?)
>>>>        user at computer:~$ apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Updating Packages in R
>>>> 1. Open the Bash terminal and start R with root permissions
>>>>        user at computer:~$ sudo R
>>>> 2. Type > update.packages()
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Installing the R Commander GUI
>>>> 1. Open the Bash terminal and type:
>>>>       user at computer:~$ apt-get install r-cran-rcmdr
>>>>
>>>> Using the R Commander GUI
>>>> library(Rcmdr)
>>>> ...or once the library is open and Commander has been shut down, type:
>>>> commander()
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Notes
>>>> It looks like most of R has been put here:
>>>> /etc/R (Rprofile.site is here)
>>>> /usr/lib/R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Downloaded Packages seem to go here:
>>>> /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> | Tel : +47-5558-9185                        Fax : +47-5558-9879 |
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