R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

• Latest version: 3.3.3
• Added: February, 2015
• Updated: April, 2017
• Link: http://www.r-project.org/

module avail R

A good resource on installing R packages into user libraries is: https://www.osc.edu/resources/getting_started/howto/howto_install_local_r_packages

Notes from the sysadmin during installation (also covers the installation of zlib, bzip2, xz, pcre, and curl, as they are needed by R since ~3.3.x):

$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.xz
$ tar xf zlib-1.2.11.tar.xz
$ cd zlib-1.2.11
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/zlib/1.2.11
$ make
$ make check
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/zlib/1.2.11
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/zlib/1.2.11
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/zlib/1.2.11

$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
$ tar xf bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
$ cd bzip2-1.0.6
$ make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6
$ make install PREFIX=/export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.2.3.tar.xz
$ tar xf xz-5.2.3.tar.xz
$ cd xz-5.2.3
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/xz/5.2.3
$ make
$ make check
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/xz/5.2.3
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/xz/5.2.3
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/xz/5.2.3

$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pcre/pcre-8.40.tar.bz2
$ tar xf pcre-8.40.tar.bz2
$ cd pcre-8.40
$ ./configure --prefix=/export/apps/pcre/8.40 --enable-unicode-properties --enable-pcre16 --enable-pcre32 --enable-pcregrep-libz --enable-pcregrep-libbz2 --enable-pcretest-libreadline
$ make
$ make check
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/pcre/8.40
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/pcre/8.40
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/pcre/8.40

$ cd /tmp
$ tar xf curl-7.54.0.tar.gz
$ cd curl-7.54.0
$ ./configure --enable-ipv6 --prefix=/export/apps/curl/7.54.0
$ make
$ make check
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/curl/7.54.0
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/curl/7.54.0
$ make install
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/curl/7.54.0

$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/export/apps/zlib/1.2.11/lib:/export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib:/export/apps/xz/5.2.3/lib:/export/apps/pcre/8.40/lib:/export/apps/curl/7.54.0/lib LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L/export/apps/zlib/1.2.11/lib -L/export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/export/apps/xz/5.2.3/lib -L/export/apps/pcre/8.40/lib -L/export/apps/curl/7.54.0/lib" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I/export/apps/zlib/1.2.11/include -I/export/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/include -I/export/apps/xz/5.2.3/include -I/export/apps/pcre/8.40/include -I/export/apps/curl/7.54.0/include"
$ wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.3.3.tar.gz
$ tar xf R-3.3.3.tar.gz
$ cd R-3.3.3
$ ./configure --enable-R-shlib --prefix=/export/apps/R/3.3.3
$ make -j4
$ make install
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/R/3.3.3
$ sudo chown aorth /export/apps/R/3.3.3
$ sudo chown -R root:root /export/apps/R/3.3.3
$ exit