You have several options. You can use theF18 package manager to install R directly from a Fedora software repository but the R may be slightly out of date (IIRC Fedora 19 provides R-3.0.0; not sure about F18).
Or, on your CRAN mirror page, ignore the "Download and install R" section and go straight to "Source code for all platforms". There you can choose R-3.0.1.tar.gz or (my personal preference) go to "Daily snapshots of current patched and development versions". There choose the link R-patched.tar.gz (without a date; it is a link to the newest patched release). Once you downloaded the tar.gz bundle, proceed as described in the manual. HTH, Peter On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Spencer Graves <spencer.gra...@structuremonitoring.com> wrote: > Hello: > > > I'm trying to install R under Fedora 18 Linux, and I'm confused. The > "R Installation and Administration" manual, sec. 1.1, says, "The simplest > way is to download the most recent R-x.y.z.tar.gz file". However, I don't > know how to get that. My favorite CRAN mirror offers a "Precombiled binary" > via "Download R for Linux". That takes me to an index with options debian, > redhat, suse, and ubuntu. Redhat gives me an index with options el4, el5, > fedora10, and fedora11. I don't think I want any of those. > > > Suggestions? > Thanks, > Spencer > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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 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.