[R] Installation of R version 3.1.0

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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:15:58 -0400
VG <gupta567varun at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> I am currently using *R version 3.0.0 RC (2013-03-28 r62434) --
> "Masked Marvel"*
> 
> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS- the Lucid Lynx.
> 
> I downloaded the  tar.gz of R 3.1.0 under my Downloads folder.
> I changed my directory to Downloads folder and then used following
> commands to install the version.
> 
> I used
> tar -xzf tar.gz
> cd R-3.1.0
> ./configure
> make
> make check
> 
Currently you've compiled and verified compilation.  You need to
install it.  
Go to the R-3.10 directory, the one you compile from and run
sudo make install