Installing R
Procedure
- Run the following command to install dependencies:
yum install readline-devel libXt-devel libcurl-devel pcre-devel bzip2-devel -y
- Run the following command to decompress the R installation package:
tar zxvf R-3.3.1.tar.gz
- Run the following command to go to the directory generated after the decompression:
cd R-3.3.1
- Run the following command to perform the configuration:
./configure --prefix=/path/to/R
- Run the following commands to perform the compilation:
make make install
- Run the following command to set the environment variable:
export PATH=/path/to/R/bin:$PATH
- Run the following command to check whether R is successfully installed:
R
If information similar to the following is displayed, the installation is successful:

Parent topic: Compiling and Installing KmerGenie