R Red Hat Linux 8 Installation – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Enabling EPEL Repository

   Enable EPEL Repo for Red Hat GNU/Linux

   Adding EPEL Repo for Red Hat Linux

   EPEL Repository for Red Hat Linux

3. 3. Installing R

   Now to Install R on Red Hat Linux
   Play:

   sudo dnf install R

   The R Packages are Installed in the /usr/local/lib/R/library Folder.
   And the Docs on /usr/share/doc/R.
   For more insight about the R Customization see -> the Fedora R Online Documentation.
   To Search for other Add-ons use:

   dnf repoquery R-*

4. 4. Installing Tidyverse

   Then to Install Tidyverse in Red Hat Linux
   First, Install the Required Packages:

   sudo dnf install gcc openssl-devel libxml2-devel libcurl-devel http-parser-devel

   Then launch the R REPL Shell with:

   sudo R

   And then to Setup the complete Tidyverse Packages Set, simply play:

   install.packages("tidyverse", dependencies = TRUE)

   Finally, to Update the Software:

   update.packages(ask=FALSE)

   After you find the CRAN Packages under /usr/local/lib/R/library.