Installing R on Linux

R is very popular Statistical Analysis tool, scientific computing, general programming, and it also has packages for Machine Learning.

To install R on Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) follow the directions given at the CRAN Project page :

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html

Open Gnome Terminal and issue these commands:

•  sudo apt-get update   (This will update the lists of software for APT Tool)
  
• sudo apt-get install r-base  (This will install r-base or the core R Packages)
  
• Once R is installed. Just type R at the command prompt to work with the R Core packages !
• To work with RStudio, a popular graphical IDE for R, just type rstudio at the GNome Terminal to launch it. RStudio provides R Code run, package updates, package install, and advanced debugging capabilities.

Enjoy !

#how-to, #linux, #r-language