How to Install R in CentOS 5.6

R is in EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux):

EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement the Fedora-based Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its compatible spinoffs, such as CentOS and Scientific Linux.

As part of the Fedora packaging community, EPEL packages are 100% free/libre open source software (FLOSS).

All you need to install R is to add the EPEL repository and then install R the same way you do with any other package:

rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
yum install R

Seen at http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-December/086920.html

Comments

  1. Cash
    November 28, 2011 at 4:01 am

    Thanks

    1. Tomcrush007
      February 14, 2012 at 4:13 am

       Thanks, I too got it

  2. Aol
    July 13, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    Updated binaries

    rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-7.noarch.rpm

  3. SKai Wu
    February 25, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    Binary website updated

    rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

    Thanks a lot!!