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General

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

Installation

Get source from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN), then the perform usual steps:

./configure
make
(sudo) make install

Note: had to install libpcre3-dev.

Package managements

The packages are available from
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/index.html
and the procedure is detailed here:
https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Installing-packages

To install:

install.packages("ggplot2")

you will be asked to select:

  • a local directory where the package will be installed,
  • a mirror from which the package is downloaded.

Search package

help.search("ggplot2")

Tutorials