In contrast to using a package manager as others have suggested, you can download the "Source Code for all Platforms" from CRAN (currently R-3.1.3.tar.gz), unpack it somewhere, and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file. This has worked well for me.
I don't advise one method in preference to the other. But I will mention that when I first started installing R on RedHat, quite a few years ago, I found it easier to install from sources (for reasons that I won't mention because I have no idea if they are still valid). -Don -- Don MacQueen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-627 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-1062 On 3/12/15, 1:39 PM, "Axel Urbiz" <axel.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hello, > >My apologies if this is not the right place to post this question. > >I need to get R installed on a Linux Red Hat server. I have very limited >exposure to R and would appreciate some basic guidance if you could point >me to resources describing the process, requirements, etc. > >Thank you in advance for any help. > >Best, >Axel. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
