Dear R People:

I am working with a Centos 5 machine and would like to install R-3.0.1.

However, the only version that shows up "automatically" is R-2.15.2.

I have tried the following:

root@erinminfo [~]# wget
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
--2013-06-17 06:20:30--
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
Resolving dl.fedoraproject.org... 209.132.181.26, 209.132.181.27,
209.132.181.23, ...
Connecting to dl.fedoraproject.org|209.132.181.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 12232 (12K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm'

100%[======================================>] 12,232      --.-K/s   in
0.06s

2013-06-17 06:20:30 (196 KB/s) - `epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm' saved
[12232/12232]

root@erinminfo [~]# wget
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
--2013-06-17 06:20:30--
http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm
Resolving rpms.famillecollet.com... 88.191.74.232,
2a01:e0b:1:74:2e0:f4ff:fe1b:b827
Connecting to rpms.famillecollet.com|88.191.74.232|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 5180 (5.1K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `remi-release-5.rpm'

100%[======================================>] 5,180       --.-K/s   in
0.1s

2013-06-17 06:20:31 (50.9 KB/s) - `remi-release-5.rpm' saved [5180/5180]

root@erinminfo [~]# sudo rpm -Uvh remi-release-5*.rpm epel-release-5*.rpm
warning: remi-release-5.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 00f97f56
Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
    package epel-release-5-4.noarch is already installed
root@erinminfo [~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
root@erinminfo [/etc/yum.repos.d]# ls
./   CentOS-Base.repo       CentOS-Media.repo  dag.repo   epel-testing.repo
../  CentOS-Debuginfo.repo  CentOS-Vault.repo  epel.repo  r1soft.repo
root@erinminfo [/etc/yum.repos.d]# cd
root@erinminfo [~]# find / -name remi-release-5.rpm
/root/remi-release-5.rpm

root@erinminfo [~]# sudo nano remi-release-5.rpm
root@erinminfo [~]# ls remi*
remi-release-5.rpm  remi-release-6.rpm.1
remi-release-6.rpm  remi-release-6.rpm.2
root@erinminfo [~]# wget http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo
--2013-06-17 06:24:05--  http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo
Resolving rpms.famillecollet.com... 88.191.74.232,
2a01:e0b:1:74:2e0:f4ff:fe1b:b827
Connecting to rpms.famillecollet.com|88.191.74.232|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 645 [text/plain]
Saving to: `remi.repo'

100%[======================================>] 645         --.-K/s   in
0s

2013-06-17 06:24:06 (38.4 MB/s) - `remi.repo' saved [645/645]

root@erinminfo [~]# ls remi*
remi-release-5.rpm  remi-release-6.rpm.1  remi.repo
remi-release-6.rpm  remi-release-6.rpm.2
root@erinminfo [~]# sudo nano remi-repo
root@erinminfo [~]# sudo nano remi.repo
root@erinminfo [~]# sudo yum clean all
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Cleaning up Everything
root@erinminfo [~]# sudo yum install R
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Determining fastest mirrors
 * base: mirror.thelinuxfix.com
 * epel: mirrors.servercentral.net
 * extras: yum.singlehop.com
 * updates: yum.singlehop.com
base                                                     | 1.1 kB
00:00
base/primary                                             | 1.2 MB
00:00
base
3641/3641
dag                                                      | 1.9 kB
00:00
dag/primary_db                                           | 7.0 MB
01:16
epel                                                     | 3.6 kB
00:00
epel/primary_db                                          | 3.8 MB
00:02
extras                                                   | 2.1 kB
00:00
extras/primary_db                                        | 188 kB
00:00
updates                                                  | 1.9 kB
00:00
updates/primary_db                                       | 473 kB
00:00
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Setting up Install Process
Package R-2.15.2-1.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
root@erinminfo [~]# sudo yum upgrade R
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.thelinuxfix.com
 * epel: mirrors.servercentral.net
 * extras: yum.singlehop.com
 * updates: yum.singlehop.com
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Finished
Skipping security plugin, no data
Setting up Upgrade Process
No Packages marked for Update
root@erinminfo [~]#


but to no avail.

Would I be better off compiling from source, please?

I have looked and I don't see much about R version 3 on Centos 5.

Thanks,
Sincerely,
Erin



-- 
Erin Hodgess
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: erinm.hodgess@gmail.com

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