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--- r-software [2019/08/08 15:11] – aorth
+++ r-software [2019/08/08 20:01] – aorth
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 ===== Information =====
-  * Version: 3.5.3
+  * Version: 3.6 (3.6.1)
   * Added: February, 2015
-  * Updated: July, 2019
+  * Updated: August, 2019
   * Link: https://www.r-project.org/
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 Load one version into your environment and run it:
-<code>$ module load R/3.5
+<code>$ module load R/3.6
 $ R</code>
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 ===== Installation ======
-Notes from the sysadmin during installation:
+Notes from the sysadmin during installation.
+First, compile the main R application with GCC 7 from Red Hat's ''devtoolset-7'' software collection:
 <code>$ cd /tmp
-$ wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.5.3.tar.gz
+$ wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.6.1.tar.gz
-$ tar xf R-3.5.3.tar.gz
+$ tar xf R-3.6.1.tar.gz
-$ cd R-3.5.3
+$ cd R-3.6.1
-$ sudo yum install gcc-gfortran gcc-c++ libX11-devel libXaw-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel xz-devel readline-devel
+# install packages to enable capabilities in R
-$ ./configure --enable-R-shlib --prefix=/export/apps/R/3.5
+$ sudo yum install libX11-devel libXaw-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel xz-devel readline-devel
+# install a newer compiler from Red Hat software collections
+$ sudo yum install devtoolset-7-gcc devtoolset-7-gcc-gfortran devtoolset-7-libquadmath-devel devtoolset-7-gcc-c++
+$ scl enable devtoolset-7 bash
+$ ./configure --enable-R-shlib --prefix=/export/apps/R/3.6
 $ make -j4
-$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/R/3.5
+$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/R/3.6
-$ sudo chown aorth:aorth /export/apps/R/3.5
+$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/R/3.6
-$ make install
+$ make install</code>
-$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/R/3.5</code>
+Then install some common libraries used by our users (to save space and time):