[Linux] Install R and Rpy on Linux

Updated on 02/04/2014

Check the Rhome
open Rstudio
>> R.home(component = “home”)

Install rpy2 with Anaconda

I am not sure how other people work on this.

I tried to install rpy2 by this command:

pip install rpy2

but it failed because the error like headline, gcc status, etc..

I also tried to install some dependencies like python-devel, but still, in vain.

Finally, I tried conda install. This magic command always works. That's why I always save it as the last back-up option.

Here you go:

After one year, I found I've spent a lot of useless time in doing this. Lesson learned: never install standalone python package on your own. That's a lot of pain.

Install Rpy on Linux

Written on 02/21/2014

1. 下载R的压缩包R-x.y.z.tar.gz并保存到本地：the R archive Web Page
2. 在命令行输入 tar xzvf R-x.y.z.tar.gz 解压缩到该文件夹
3. 命令行输入 cd R-x.y.z 进入该文件夹
4. 命令行输入./configure 
5. 命令行输入make ，将近 10分钟的编译过程
6. 命令行输入make check 保证程序正常安装
7. 如果有root的权限，以管理员身份登陆，命令行输入make install 这样主机上所有用户都能使用
8. 命令行输入make dvi；make info；make pdf
9. 安装完毕