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/ubuntu hardy/ | 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. In 7. you use apt, in 8. you use Synaptic. Why not to both at once: $ sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev as 'r-base-dev' depends on build-essential (and a few other things) and gets you all this and more (see below). | 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 The modified step 7 above would have done both for you. | Updating Packages in R | 1. Open the Bash terminal and start R with root permissions | user at computer:~$ sudo R | 2. Type > update.packages() Yep. I also like 'sudo apt-get install littler' and I then copy or link install.r to /usr/local/bin and just use $ sudo install.r foo far fie foo which would then install the (hyopthetical) packages foo, far, fie and foo from CRAN. | Installing the R Commander GUI | 1. Open the Bash terminal and type: | user at computer:~$ apt-get install r-cran-rcmdr | |