The following config will guide you through a process of installing Cran R-3.2.1 on Debian Linux 8 Jessie. First, updated you repository list:
# apt-get udpate
If you have not done so yet install a curl
command which you will use to download Cran R-3.2.1 source code:
# apt-get install curl
Next, install all compilation dependencies in order to compile Cran R-3.2.1 source code:
# apt-get build-dep -y r-base
Download Cran R-3.2.1 source gzip tarball and extract its content:
# curl https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.2.1.tar.gz | tar xz
Navigate to extracted R-3.2.1
directory:
# cd R-3.2.1
As a last step compile and install Cran R-3.2.1:
./configure; make; make install
Confirm installed Cran-R version:
# R --version R version 3.2.1 (2015-06-18) -- "World-Famous Astronaut" Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-unknown-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 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Run R:
$ R R version 3.2.1 (2015-06-18) -- "World-Famous Astronaut" Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type 'contributors()' for more information and 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or 'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help. Type 'q()' to quit R. >