[R] Installing pre-compiled R in Linux
Jeff Newmiller
jdnewmil at dcn.davis.CA.us
Thu Oct 8 09:11:44 CEST 2015
There is a manual for compiling and installing R. There is also a mailing list (described in the Posting Guide) called R-devel where topics like compiling R are actually on topic, unlike here. If you have to cross-compile then you probably have a bit more work ahead of you than most users would have, so be prepared to roll up your sleeves and get familiar with the innards of R so you can decide exactly which features you need. I have not heard of anyone rolling R into an embedded system, but this list would not be the place to hear about it so that probably doesn't mean much.
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On October 7, 2015 3:45:45 PM PDT, Sasikumar Kandhasamy <ckmsasi at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks Mike. From source, i am able to compile and use R in my red hat
>linux box. I was trying to get hands on using R in linux box before
>trying
>R on the embedded box.
>
>My requirement is to run R (R scripts) on my embedded box which has
>customized debian linux (kernel version 2.6.32) in batch mode without
>GUI
>support. The embedded box have multi-core MIPS processor with nearly
>30GB
>RAM. I hope hardware resources on the embedded box shouldn't be an
>issue to
>run R (correct me if i am wrong), but linux version running here is an
>customized one with limited supporting services such as light weight
>shell
>etc.
>
>Given this, do i need to cross compile R package for my embedded box or
>i
>can directly install the debian MIPS version of R package. But there is
>no
>apt-get or other installer in the embedded box.
>
>
>Regards
>Sasi
>
>On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Michael Hannon
><jmhannon.ucdavis at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I don't think kernel compatibility is a significant issue for most
>> applications. I can say for certain that I update the kernels on my
>> linux boxes without having to reinstall R.
>>
>> There *are* R packages for RHEL and friends. Have a look at:
>>
>> https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/redhat/README
>>
>> Note that there's a bit of fiddling required, but I don't think it's
>> particularly complicated.
>>
>> It's usually not particularly difficult to install R from source. If
>> you prefer to do that, have a look at:
>>
>> https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html
>>
>> Also, you don't specify your requirements, but don't overlook the
>> possibility of installing a virtual machine on your RHEL server.
>> (It's somewhat easier to get an R package for Fedora or Ubuntu than
>> for RHEL, for instance.)
>>
>> I don't know the answer to your question about embedded systems. I
>> would think R would not be a great choice for an embedded system, but
>> I don't know what your requirements are.
>>
>> -- Mike
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Sasikumar Kandhasamy
><ckmsasi at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks a lot Mike. The Linux distribution we use is "Red Hat
>Enterprise
>> > Linux Server release 6.2".
>> >
>> > Also, couple of clarifications,
>> >
>> > 1. Do we have a R package compatibility matrix against the Linux
>kernel
>> > version? Or for the Red Hat Linux with kernel version 2.6.32-279,
>do you
>> > have any suggestion/recommendation on R package to be used?
>> >
>> > 2. If we need to use Rscripts in embedded systems such as routers
>and
>> > switches, do we need to install the complete R package in the
>system
>> also?
>> > Or just libR.so and Rscript should be ok?
>> >
>> > Thanks again Mike.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Sasi
>> >
>> > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Michael Hannon <
>> jmhannon.ucdavis at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It's very likely that there is already an R package for your linux
>> >> system, and, if so, you'd probably be well-served to use that one.
>> >> You've given us the version of the kernel you're using (not a
>recent
>> >> one, BTW), but what linux distribution are you using?
>> >>
>> >> -- Mike
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Sasikumar Kandhasamy
><ckmsasi at gmail.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have downloaded the pre-compiled version of R package:
>> >> > r-base-core(3.2.2-1) for i386 platform. Unzipped the package
>under my
>> >> > tmp
>> >> > directory (/tmp). The directories "et"c and "usr" got created
>with
>> >> > binaries
>> >> > R and Rscript under /tmp/usr/bin/.
>> >> >
>> >> > Executing the R (/tmp/usr/bin/R) or Rscript
>(/tmp/usr/bin/Rscipt)
>> >> > reports
>> >> > the below error,
>> >> >
>> >> > ./usr/bin/R
>> >> > ./usr/bin/R: line
>238:
>> >> > /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory
>> >> > ERROR: R_HOME ('/usr/lib/R') not found
>> >> >
>> >> > How to reconfigure the R environment variables? Because, i tried
>> setting
>> >> > the R_HOME directory to "/tmp/usr/lib/R" but still not working.
>> >> >
>> >> > The Linux version i am using is 2.6.32. Please help me with the
>steps
>> >> > to
>> >> > install the R correctly. Thanks.
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Sasi
>> >> >
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