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--- r-software [2015/02/19 07:01] – created aorth
+++ r-software [2018/07/17 08:40] – aorth
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 ===== Information =====
-  * Version: 3.1.2
+  * Latest version: 3.5.1
   * Added: February, 2015
+  * Updated: July, 2018
   * Link: http://www.r-project.org/
 ===== Usage =====
-=== See versions of R which are available ===
+See versions of R that are available:
-<code>module avail R</code>
+<code>$ module avail R</code>
+Load one version into your environment and run it:
+<code>$ module load R/3.5.1
+$ R</code>
+Here is a good resource on [[https://www.osc.edu/resources/getting_started/howto/howto_install_local_r_packages|installing R packages into user libraries]].
 ===== Installation ======
 Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
-<code>$ cd /tmp
+<code>$ wget http://cran.mirror.ac.za/src/base/R-3/R-3.5.1.tar.gz
-$ wget http://cran.uni-muenster.de/src/base/R-3/R-3.1.2.tar.gz
+$ tar xf R-3.5.1.tar.gz
-$ tar xf R-3.1.2.tar.gz
+$ cd R-3.5.1
-$ cd R-3.1.2
+$ sudo yum install gcc-gfortran gcc-c++ libX11-devel libXaw-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel xz-devel readline-devel
-$ scl enable devtoolset-2 bash
+$ ./configure --enable-R-shlib --prefix=/export/apps/R/3.5.1
-$ CC=clang ./configure --enable-R-shlib --prefix=/export/apps/R/3.1.2
 $ make -j4
-$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/R/3.1.2
+$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/R/3.5.1
-$ sudo chown aorth:aorth /export/apps/R/3.1.2
+$ sudo chown aorth:aorth /export/apps/R/3.5.1
-$ sudo chown root:root /export/apps/R/3.1.2</code>
+$ make install
+$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/R/3.5.1</code>