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The problem

We committed to build the R client for 2 latest R <major>.<minor> version. However the latest R release version (3.5) is inconsistent across platform:

  • On Ubuntu, the instruction to install the latest R version gives users R version 3.4.4. This is because the people who manages the artifacts for Ubuntu have not update their artifacts to R 3.5. 
  • On Mac, installing R version 3.5 corrupted R version 3.4. Re-installing R version 3.4 removed R version 3.5.

Also, CRAN notes that: "CRAN does not have Mac OS X systems and cannot check these binaries for viruses." 

Proposal

The proposal to solve the problem above is to install from source for all 3 platforms: Linux, Mac, and Windows.

Ubuntu Instructions

  • Get the R source from https://cran.r-project.org/ under "R source" link on the left panel.

    Download R source on Ubuntu
    $ wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.5.0.tar.gz

  • Unpack the zip file:

    Unzip
    $ tar -xf R-3.5.0.tar.gz

  • Compile the source code:

    Compile
    ./configure
make

  • Then check the built system works correctly by

    check
    make check

  • Then install

    install
    make install

Mac Instructions


Windows Instructions

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