Re: [R] Installing R on Fedora 18 Linux?

2013-07-08 Thread Spencer Graves
Thanks for the replies from Peter Langfelder and Ranjan Maitra. I tried su, yum install R-core. That installed R 3.0.1. To install packages like zoo and RCurl, I had to install other software, but with the help of a friend, Google, and previous replies to similar questions on

[R] Installing R on Fedora 18 Linux?

2013-07-06 Thread Spencer Graves
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

Re: [R] Installing R on Fedora 18 Linux?

2013-07-06 Thread Peter Langfelder
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 You can use theF18 package manager to install R directly from a Fedora software repository but the R may be slightly out of date (IIRC Fedora 19 provides R-3.0.0; not sure about F18).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

Re: [R] Installing R on Fedora 18 Linux?

2013-07-06 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Fedora does have the latest (both Fedora 18/19) R in the repos. (They are pretty good about this). To install R, try: sudo yum install R-core That will do it. To update, rather than install: try sudo yum update R-core HTH, Ranjan On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 20:22:13 -0700 Peter Langfelder