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| INSTALLING R UNDER UNIX |
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| This document concerns building and installing R from sources. Pre-made |
| binaries are made available for some systems with varying regularity and |
| can be obtained from CRAN (see the RESOURCES file). |
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| The main source of information on installation is the `R Installation |
| and Administration Manual', an HTML copy of which is available as file |
| `doc/html/R-admin.html'. Please read that before installing R. But |
| if you are impatient, read on but please refer to the manual to |
| resolve any problems. (If you obtained R using Subversion, the manual |
| is at doc/manual/R-admin.texi and can be read online at |
| https://CRAN.R-project.org/manuals.html.) |
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| SIMPLE COMPILATION |
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| As you are reading this file, you have unpacked the R sources and are |
| presumably in the top directory. Issue the following commands: |
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| ./configure |
| make |
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| (If your make is not called `make', set the environment variable MAKE to |
| its name, and use that name throughout these instructions.) |
| This will take a while, giving you time to read `R-admin.html'. |
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| Then check the built system worked correctly, by |
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| make check |
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| and make the manuals by either or both of |
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| make pdf to create PDF versions |
| make info to create info files |
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| However, please read the notes in `R-admin.html' about paper size and |
| making the reference manual. |
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| INSTALLATION |
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| You do not need to install R to run it: you can run R by the script |
| `bin/R' which you can link or copy to any convenient place in your path. |
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| For a site-wide installation, use |
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| make install |
| make install-info |
| make install-pdf |
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| choosing to install the manuals that you made. |
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| This installs to the default location (typically `/usr/local') for your |
| platform: see the Installation and Administration Manual for other options. |