Install R in Debian squeeze/BOSS OS

Install R Prog. on Debian Squeeze

R is a Free software environment for Data Analysis and Graphics

• Programming Language
• Data Visualization

By default, Debian squeeze comes up with R packages, you can verify by

root@solaiv[~]#apt-cache search ^r-.*

if you were not find anything add an appropriate entry in

root@solaiv[~]#vi /etc/apt/sources.list

the newest R release can be installed using a command sequence like

root@solaiv[~]#apt-get update
root@solaiv[~]#apt-get install r-base
root@solaiv[~]#apt-get install r-base-dev

to enter to R console

root@solaiv[~]#R
>

simple add example in R

> a <- 5;
> b <-10;
> c <- a+b;
> c
[1] 15

R packages may then be installed by the local user/admin from the CRAN source packages, typically from inside R using the working wit addition R packages

Install packages from CRAN

> install.packages("RJDBC")

Install NEW packeges from downloaded file

> install.packages("file.tar.gz")

loading packages into sessions

> library("strings")
> require("strings")

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