How To Install R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8. R-rpm-macros is Macros to help produce R packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `R-rpm-macros`

This package contains the R RPM macros, that most implementations should rely on. You should not need to install this package manually as the R-devel package requires it. So install the R-devel package instead.

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

Install R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install R-rpm-macros

Install R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install R-rpm-macros

How To Uninstall R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove R-rpm-macros

R-rpm-macros Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/rpm/R-deps.R
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/R.attr
/usr/share/doc/R-rpm-macros
/usr/share/doc/R-rpm-macros/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/R-rpm-macros
/usr/share/licenses/R-rpm-macros/LICENSE

References

R-rpm-macros website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install R-rpm-macros on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.