Install R on Ubuntu the fast way and without missing dependencies.
Updated 2022-05-28: Updated links.
Motivation
On a previous post I explained how to install R and Python on OS X without further complications.
Now here are the equivalent steps on Ubuntu. The presented script also installs Java and common packages as I wrote this for a fresh install.
What do you need to do this?
Administrator (sudo) access to be able to install packages.
How do you do this?
This script will install everything.
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# add CRAN to apt sources | |
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9 | |
printf '\n#CRAN mirror\ndeb https://cran.dcc.uchile.cl/bin/linux/ubuntu xenial/\n' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list | |
# install R | |
sudo apt-get update | |
sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev gfortran libopenblas-dev | |
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev | |
# install common packages | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages(c("tidyverse","data.table","dtplyr","devtools","roxygen2"), repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# install Rstudio | |
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-dailybuilds/rstudio-xenial-1.1.379-amd64.deb | |
sudo apt-get install gdebi | |
sudo gdebi rstudio-xenial-1.1.379-amd64.deb | |
# datasets for lectures | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages("HistData", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# Econometrics | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages(c("plm","np","bbmle","micEcon"), repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# Structural equation modelling (SEM) | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages(c("lavaan","semPlot","semTools","nonnest2"), repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# Exploratory data analysis (EDA) | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
library(devtools) | |
devtools::install_github("ropenscilabs/skimr") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# Export to HTML/Excel | |
sudo apt-get install default-jre default-jdk | |
sudo apt-get install r-cran-rjava | |
sudo R CMD javareconf | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages(c("htmlTable","openxlsx","XLConnect"), repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# Blog tools | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages(c("knitr","rmarkdown"), repos='http://cran.us.r-project.org') | |
q() | |
EOF | |
sudo pip install markdown rpy2==2.7.8 pelican==3.6.3 | |
# PDF extraction tools | |
sudo apt-get install libpoppler-cpp-dev | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
library(devtools) | |
install.packages("pdftools", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
install_github("ropensci/tabulizer") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# TTF/OTF fonts using | |
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages("showtext", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF | |
# Cairo for graphic devices | |
sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libxt-dev | |
R --vanilla << EOF | |
install.packages("Cairo", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com/") | |
q() | |
EOF |