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Description
Version History
| CentOS 7: 3.6.0, CentOS 8: 4.0.2, Debian 9: 3.3.3, Debian 10: 3.5.2, Ubuntu 18.04: 3.4.4 | | License | Multiple licenses |
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| Website | https://www.r-project.org/ |
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Description
R is a statistical programming language based upon the S language by Bell Labs. It can perform many novel statistical tests due to its vibrant community of statisticians. It is commonly compared to SPSS or SAS.
Self-Service Version Installation/Updates
Specific versions of R can be installed by using Conda on your Cortex VM. To do so, first search the R and conda-forge channels to see what versions of R are available:
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(base) -bash-4.2$ conda search -c conda-forge -c r r
Loading channels: done
# Name Version Build Channel
r 3.1.2 0 pkgs/r
r 3.1.2 1 pkgs/r
r 3.1.2 2 pkgs/r
r 3.1.2 3 pkgs/r
r 3.1.3 0 pkgs/r
r 3.2.0 0 pkgs/r
r 3.2.1 0 pkgs/r
r 3.2.2 0 pkgs/r
r 3.3.1 r3.3.1_0 r
r 3.3.1 r3.3.1_0 pkgs/r
r 3.3.1 r3.3.1_1 r
r 3.3.1 r3.3.1_1 pkgs/r
r 3.3.2 r3.3.2_0 conda-forge
r 3.3.2 r3.3.2_0 r
r 3.3.2 r3.3.2_0 pkgs/r
r 3.4.1 r3.4.1_0 conda-forge
r 3.4.1 r3.4.1_0 r
r 3.4.1 r3.4.1_0 pkgs/r
r 3.4.2 h65d9972_0 r
r 3.4.2 h65d9972_0 pkgs/r
r 3.4.3 mro343_0 r
r 3.4.3 mro343_0 pkgs/r
r 3.4.3 r343_0 r
r 3.4.3 r343_0 pkgs/r
r 3.5.0 mro350_0 r
r 3.5.0 mro350_0 pkgs/r
r 3.5.0 r350_0 r
r 3.5.0 r350_0 pkgs/r
r 3.5.1 mro351_0 r
r 3.5.1 mro351_0 pkgs/r
r 3.5.1 r351_0 conda-forge
r 3.5.1 r351_0 r
r 3.5.1 r351_0 pkgs/r
r 3.5.1 r351_1000 conda-forge
r 3.5.1 r35_1002 conda-forge
r 3.5.1 r35_1003 conda-forge
r 3.6.0 r36_0 r
r 3.6.0 r36_0 pkgs/r
r 3.6 r36_1002 conda-forge
r 3.6 r36_1003 conda-forge
r 3.6 r36_1004 conda-forge
r 4.0 r40_1004 conda-forge |
When you have found the version that you want, create a new conda environment with that version using the following syntax:
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(base) -bash-4.2$ conda create -n r -c conda-forge -c r r=4.0 |
To use the version you want, you can activate your conda environment with the following syntax:
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(base) -bash-4.2$ conda activate r
(r) -bash-4.2$ R --version
R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22) -- "Taking Off Again"
Copyright (C) 2020 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu (64-bit)
R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License versions 2 or 3.
For more information about these matters see
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/. |
Version History
| Date | Linux Distribution | Version |
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| 2020/07/27 | CentOS 7 | 3.6.0 |
| 2020/07/27 | CentOS 8 | 4.0.2 |
| 2020/07/27 | Debian 9 | 3.3.3 |
| 2020/07/27 | Debian 10 | 3.5.2 |
| 2020/07/27 | Ubuntu 18.04 | 3.4.4 |
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