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The Features Scientific Benchmark requires R version 2.11 or higher.

It's easy to install packages from within R:

    > install.packages("package_name")

Alternatively to install everything from source see below. For more information see the R Installation and Administration page or the Comprehensive R Archive Network .

    cd /tmp
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/base/R-2/R-2.12.1.tar.gz

    tar -xzvf R-2.12.1.tar.gz
    rm R-2.12.1.tar.gz
    cd R-2.12.1

    ./configure --prefix=<path_to_install_dir>
    make
    make check
    make install
    cd ..

    #make sure the newly installed R works and is on the path:
    R --version | grep "R version"


    #useful plotting and analysis packages:
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/Hmisc_3.8-3.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/boot_1.2-43.tar.gz

    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/iterators_1.0.3.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/itertools_0.1-1.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/plyr_1.4.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/reshape_0.8.3.tar.gz

    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/proto_0.3-8.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/RColorBrewer_1.0-2.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/colorspace_1.0-1.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/digest_0.4.2.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/ggplot2_0.8.9.tar.gz

    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/DBI_0.2-5.tar.gz
    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/RSQLite_0.9-4.tar.gz

    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/Design_2.3-0.tar.gz

    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/KernSmooth_2.23-4.tar.gz

    wget http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/src/contrib/logspline_2.1.3.tar.gz

    #installing in the following order should take care of dependencies
    R CMD INSTALL Hmisc_3.8-3.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL boot_1.2-43.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL iterators_1.0.3.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL itertools_0.1-1.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL plyr_1.4.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL reshape_0.8.3.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL proto_0.3-8.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL RColorBrewer_1.0-2.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL colorspace_1.0-1.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL digest_0.4.2.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL ggplot2_0.8.9.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL DBI_0.2-5.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL RSQLite_0.9-4.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL Design_2.3-0.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL KernSmooth_2.23-4.tar.gz
    R CMD INSTALL logspline_2.1.3.tar.gz

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I have been enjoying using RStudio to do data analysis with R.

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