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| R packages are installed by the R interpretter itself. | The main strength of R is the ecosystem of '''R packages'''. In many instances, users are recommended to install packages within an R REPL. For [[Linux]] users, it is possible to use the system package manager instead. |
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| # To install, try... | # To install |
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| # If download and compilation succeeded, try loading the package. | # To update update.packages() # To then use |
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| == Install from Source Code == | == Alternative Interactive Installations == === Install from Source Code === To install from source code, thereby compiling any binaries as necessary, try: |
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| === Install from GitHub === | |
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| == Install from GitHub == | There are several R packages that exist as toolchains for installing other packages directly from !GitHub. |
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| Multiple packages exist for installing packages directly from !GitHub. | As an example, the `devtools` package: {{{ install.packages("devtools") |
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| Once the `devtools` package has been downloaded, try using the `install_github` function. {{{ |
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| Alternatively, once the `pak` package has been downloaded, try using the `pak` function. | As another example, the `pak` package: |
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| install.packages("pak", repos=sprintf("https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/stable/%s/%s/%s", .Platform$pkgType, R.Version()$os, R.Version()$arch)) |
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| == System Package Managers == | |
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| == Updating Packages == | === Ubuntu === Follow the instructions at [[https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/]]. Namely: |
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| update.packages() | # minimal requirements sudo apt install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common dirmngr # add the PPA signing key # Fingerprint: E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9 wget -qO- https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/marutter_pubkey.asc | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cran_ubuntu_key.asc # add the PPA sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)-cran40/" # install R sudo apt install --no-install-recommends r-base # install R packages sudo apt install --no-install-recommends r-cran-tidyverse |
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=== Arch === While some R packages have corresponding AUR PKGBUILDS, they are generally poor quality. Instead either follow the instructions at [[https://github.com/dvdesolve/ArchRPkgs#binary-repository]] or use that repository's PKGBUILDs to build the R packages directly. |
Installing R Packages
The main strength of R is the ecosystem of R packages.
In many instances, users are recommended to install packages within an R REPL. For Linux users, it is possible to use the system package manager instead.
Contents
Example
# To install
install.packages("tidyverse")
# To update
update.packages()
# To then use
library(tidyverse)
Alternative Interactive Installations
Install from Source Code
To install from source code, thereby compiling any binaries as necessary, try:
install.packages("path/to/tidyverse_2.0.0.tar.gz", repos=NULL)
Install from GitHub
There are several R packages that exist as toolchains for installing other packages directly from !GitHub.
As an example, the devtools package:
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("tidyverse/ggplot2")As another example, the pak package:
install.packages("pak", repos=sprintf("https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/stable/%s/%s/%s", .Platform$pkgType, R.Version()$os, R.Version()$arch))
pak::pak("tidyverse/ggplot2")
System Package Managers
Ubuntu
Follow the instructions at https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/. Namely:
# minimal requirements sudo apt install --no-install-recommends software-properties-common dirmngr # add the PPA signing key # Fingerprint: E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9 wget -qO- https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/marutter_pubkey.asc | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cran_ubuntu_key.asc # add the PPA sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)-cran40/" # install R sudo apt install --no-install-recommends r-base # install R packages sudo apt install --no-install-recommends r-cran-tidyverse
Arch
While some R packages have corresponding AUR PKGBUILDS, they are generally poor quality. Instead either follow the instructions at https://github.com/dvdesolve/ArchRPkgs#binary-repository or use that repository's PKGBUILDs to build the R packages directly.