How To Install R-inline on CentOS 8

R-inline is Functions to Inline C, C++, Fortran Function Calls from R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-inline on CentOS 8.

What is R-inline

Functionality to dynamically define R functions and S4 methods with ‘inlined’ C, C++ or Fortran code supporting the .C and .Call calling conventions.

We can use yum or dnf to install R-inline on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-inline.

Install R-inline on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install R-inline

Install R-inline on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install R-inline

How To Uninstall R-inline on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove R-inline

R-inline Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/R/library/inline
/usr/share/R/library/inline/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/R/library/inline/INDEX
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta/features.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta/links.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/Meta/package.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/NAMESPACE
/usr/share/R/library/inline/NEWS.Rd
/usr/share/R/library/inline/R
/usr/share/R/library/inline/R/inline
/usr/share/R/library/inline/R/inline.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/inline/R/inline.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/inline/help
/usr/share/R/library/inline/help/AnIndex
/usr/share/R/library/inline/help/aliases.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/help/inline.rdb
/usr/share/R/library/inline/help/inline.rdx
/usr/share/R/library/inline/help/paths.rds
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/00Index.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/R.css
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/cfunction.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/cxxfunction.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/getDynLib.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/inline-package.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/internals.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/package.skeleton.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/plugins.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/html/utilities.html
/usr/share/R/library/inline/tinytest
/usr/share/R/library/inline/tinytest/test_cfunction.R
/usr/share/R/library/inline/tinytest/test_cxxfunction.R
/usr/share/R/library/inline/tinytest/test_utilities.R

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-inline on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.