How To Install R-RInside on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-RInside on CentOS 7. R-RInside is C++ Classes to Embed R in C++ (and C) Applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-RInside on CentOS 7.

What is R-RInside

The RInside packages makes it easier to have “R inside” your C++ application by providing a C++ wrapper class providing the R interpreter.

We can use yum or dnf to install R-RInside on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install R-RInside.

Install R-RInside on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install R-RInside

Install R-RInside on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install R-RInside

How To Uninstall R-RInside on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove R-RInside

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-RInside on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.