How To Install R-IRkernel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-IRkernel in Fedora 36. R-IRkernel is Native R Kernel for the ‘Jupyter Notebook’

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-IRkernel on Fedora 36.

What is `R-IRkernel`

The R kernel for the ‘Jupyter’ environment executes R code which the front-end (‘Jupyter Notebook’ or other front-ends) submits to the kernel via the network.

We can use yum or dnf to install R-IRkernel on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-IRkernel.

Install R-IRkernel on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install R-IRkernel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-IRkernel

Install R-IRkernel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install R-IRkernel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-IRkernel

How To Uninstall R-IRkernel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the R-IRkernel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove R-IRkernel

R-IRkernel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/INDEX
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/LICENSE
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta/features.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta/links.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/Meta/package.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/NAMESPACE
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/R
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/R/IRkernel
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/R/IRkernel.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/R/IRkernel.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/AnIndex
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/Comm-class.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/Comm.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/CommManager-class.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/CommManager.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/IRkernel-options.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/IRkernel-package.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/IRkernel.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/IRkernel.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/IRkernel.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/aliases.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/comm_manager.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/installspec.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/jupyter_option_defaults.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/log.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/log_debug.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/log_error.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/log_info.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/main.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/help/paths.rds
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/00Index.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/Comm-class.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/CommManager-class.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/IRkernel-package.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/R.css
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/comm_manager.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/installspec.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/log.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/html/main.html
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/kernelspec
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/kernelspec/kernel.js
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/kernelspec/kernel.json
/usr/share/R/library/IRkernel/kernelspec/logo-64x64.png
/usr/share/doc/R-IRkernel
/usr/share/doc/R-IRkernel/README.md
/usr/share/jupyter/kernels/ir
/usr/share/jupyter/kernels/ir/kernel.js
/usr/share/jupyter/kernels/ir/kernel.json
/usr/share/jupyter/kernels/ir/logo-64x64.png

References

R-IRkernel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-IRkernel on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).