Installing the R Language

Procedure

1. Download the R language installation package and decompress it.

   cd /path/to/R
   wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/R-4.1.2.tar.gz --no-check-certificate
   mkdir src_R_4.1.2
   tar zxvf R-4.1.2.tar.gz -C ./src_R_4.1.2 --strip-components 1
   cd src_R_4.1.2

2. Compile and install R.

   ./configure --prefix=/path/to/R CC=`which gcc` CXX=`which g++` FC=`which gfortran`
   make -j
   make install

3. Add R to the environment variables.

   export PATH=/path/to/R/bin:$PATH

4. Perform the verification.

   R --version