Before installing any new software, it’s essential to ensure that your system is up to date. Run the following command to update your system packages: The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository contains additional packages, including R, that are not available in the default repository. Enable the EPEL repository with the following command: After enabling the EPEL repository, install R using the yum package manager: Once the installation is complete, verify that R has been successfully installed by running: This command should output the installed R version, confirming that the installation was successful.<\/p>\n To start using R, launch the R console by typing: This command will start the interactive R console, allowing you to write and execute R code.<\/p>\n For a more feature-rich, web-based R development environment, you can install RStudio Server. Follow the steps below to install and configure RStudio Server:<\/p>\n Step 1: Download RStudio Server<\/strong> wget https:\/\/download2.rstudio.org\/server\/centos6\/x86_64\/rstudio-server-rhel-1.2.5019-x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/p>\n Step 2: Install RStudio Server<\/strong> Step 3: Start RStudio Server<\/strong> Step 4: Access RStudio Server<\/strong> Step 1: Update the System Before installing any new software, it’s essential to ensure that your system is up to date. Run the following command to update your system packages: sudo yum update -y Step 2: Enable the EPEL Repository The Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository contains additional packages, including R, that are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11215,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11212\/revisions\/11215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacancytechnology.com\/qanda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nsudo yum update -y<\/code><\/p>\nStep 2: Enable the EPEL Repository<\/h3>\n
\nsudo amazon-linux-extras install epel -y<\/code><\/p>\nStep 3: Install R<\/h3>\n
\nsudo yum install R -y<\/code><\/p>\nStep 4: Verify Installation<\/h3>\n
\nR --version<\/code><\/p>\nStep 5: Start the R Console<\/h3>\n
\nR<\/code><\/p>\nOptional: Installing RStudio Server (Web-Based R IDE)<\/h2>\n
\nDownload the RStudio Server installation package using the wget command:
\nsudo yum install wget -y<\/p>\n
\nInstall the downloaded RStudio Server package:
\nsudo yum install --nogpgcheck rstudio-server-rhel-1.2.5019-x86_64.rpm<\/code><\/p>\n
\nStart the RStudio Server service:
\nsudo rstudio-server start<\/code><\/p>\n
\nYou can access RStudio Server by navigating to http:\/\/