Installing R

In this recipe, we will see how to install R on Linux.

Getting ready…

To step through this recipe, you need Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux flavor) installed on the machine.

How to do it…

Here are the steps in the installation of R:

1. The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) contains precompiled binary distributions of the base system and contributed packages. It also contains source code for all the platforms. Add the security key as follows:

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 
          keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys   
          E084DAB9
   

2. Add the CRAN repository to the end of /etc/apt/sources.list:

      deb https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/
   

3. Install R as follows:

     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev
   

This will install R and the recommended packages, and additional packages can be installed using install.packages("<package>"). The packages on CRAN are updated on a regular basis and the most recent versions will usually be available...