Linux Packages for R
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Getting R set up on Linux can be somewhat frustrating. Many of the fundamental packages (like {devtools} or {remotes}) have implicit system dependencies. So installing these packages can involve numerous iterations back and forth between R and the shell while you figure out what those dependencies are and get them all installed.
I’ve been through this process many times now and finally just created a quick script that will get most of it done quickly and easily.
sudo apt update sudo apt install -q \ libcurl4-openssl-dev \ libssl-dev \ libxml2-dev \ libfontconfig1-dev \ libharfbuzz-dev \ libfribidi-dev \ libfreetype6-dev \ libpng-dev \ libtiff5-dev \ libjpeg-dev \ libpq-dev
After that you should be able to install the majority of R packages without having to worry about system dependencies.
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