Add remove software. Fedora 16

jayeshsharma52 · 09-28-2012, 06:59 AM

I want to install R-base , but in "Add remove" its not displaying any softwares ,after going to system->software updates,i found that there is no source to fetch software ,please help me fix this problem.
Thanks.

unSpawn · 09-28-2012, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayeshsharma52

I want to install R-base , but in "Add remove" its not displaying any softwares ,after going to system->software updates,i found that there is no source to fetch software

Please run the following commands from xterm, Konsole, GNOME-terminal or whatever terminal windows are called these days:

Code:

# Check which repo's are available:
sudo yum repolist enabled
# * if none show run the following:
sudo yum repolist all
# else run
sudo yum search R
# and if it shows nfo about "R" run update:
sudo yum -y update
# and install R, review the list of packages and dependencies, OK it by pressing "y":
sudo yum install R
# If all went fine start R:
R
# And install R Commander as a test:
install.packages("Rcmdr",dependencies=TRUE)
# and exit R:
quit()

If any of the Yum commands fail please post the command and any (error) output in [code]vBB tags[/code], elif any of the R commands fail check the manual.

jayeshsharma52 · 09-28-2012, 08:30 AM

I have already installed R by command yum install R-devel (after some search on google) and its working fine.
But even after updating (yum update) i am unable to search through available softwares in GUI of Add Remove.
Thanks.

amani · 09-28-2012, 08:58 AM

install yumex

for R packages, use install.packages() from within R.
there are methods for installing a lot at once: http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/

John VV · 09-28-2012, 04:19 PM

fedora is VERY text "yum" centric
yumex and package kit are almost useless

you said you installed " r-devel"
that IS ONLY the source headers !!!
it is NOT the r language

use the terminal
-----for 32 bit ----

Code:

su -
yum search r | less
----- piping to "less" allows you to see the beginning of the VERY LONG list  ----
yum install r.i686

from my SL6.3 32 bit box

Quote:

R.i686 : A language for data analysis and graphics
R-DBI.noarch : Database interface module for R
R-RODBC.i686 : An ODBC database interface for R
R-car.noarch : Companion to Applied Regression package for R
R-core.i686 : The minimal R components necessary for a functional runtime
R-devel.i686 : Files for development of R packages
R-java.i686 : R with Fedora provided Java Runtime Environment
R-java-devel.i686 : Development package for use with Java enabled R components
R-lmtest.i686 : Testing Linear Regression Models for R
R-msm.i686 : Multi-state Markov and hidden Markov models in continuous time
R-multcomp.noarch : Simultaneous inference for general linear hypotheses R
: Package
R-mvtnorm.i686 : Multivariate normal and T distribution R Package
R-nws.noarch : R functions for NetWorkSpaces and Sleigh
R-qtl.i686 : Tools for analyzing QTL experiments
R-systemfit.noarch : Simultaneous Equation Estimation R Package
R-zoo.i686 : Z's ordered observations for irregular time series
R2spec.noarch : Python script to generate R spec file