How To Install R-Rcpp-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-Rcpp-devel on CentOS 7. R-Rcpp-devel is Rcpp Development Files

Introduction

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

What is R-Rcpp-devel

Header files for Rcpp.

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

Install R-Rcpp-devel 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-Rcpp-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install R-Rcpp-devel

Install R-Rcpp-devel 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-Rcpp-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install R-Rcpp-devel

How To Uninstall R-Rcpp-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove R-Rcpp-devel

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Summary

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