How To Install R-sys on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-sys in Fedora 36. R-sys is Powerful and Reliable Tools for Running System Commands in R

Introduction

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

What is `R-sys`

Drop-in replacements for the base system2() function with fine control and consistent behavior across platforms. Supports clean interruption, timeout, background tasks, and streaming STDIN / STDOUT / STDERR over binary or text connections. Arguments on Windows automatically get encoded and quoted to work on different locales.

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

Install R-sys 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-sys using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-sys

Install R-sys 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-sys using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-sys

How To Uninstall R-sys on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove R-sys

R-sys Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/b31fd2336fee468fb6282e0804d84356890b29
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/DESCRIPTION
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/INDEX
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/LICENSE
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta/Rd.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta/features.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta/hsearch.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta/links.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta/nsInfo.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/Meta/package.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/NAMESPACE
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/NEWS
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/R
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/R/sys
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/R/sys.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/R/sys.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/WORDLIST
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/AnIndex
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/aliases.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/as_text.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/deprecated.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/eval_fork.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/eval_safe.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/exec.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/exec_background.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/exec_internal.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/exec_r.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/exec_status.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/exec_wait.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/paths.rds
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/quote.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/r_background.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/r_internal.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/r_wait.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/sys-deprecated.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/sys.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/sys.rdb
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/sys.rdx
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/help/windows_quote.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/00Index.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/R.css
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/as_text.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/deprecated.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/exec.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/exec_r.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/html/quote.html
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/libs
/usr/lib64/R/library/sys/libs/sys.so

References

R-sys website

Summary

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