Computing : R

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. 

Information

• Source: https://www.r-project.org/
• License:  GPL v2
• Path:  /usr/bin/R, /software/R/ on maxwell
• Documentation: Check out the R manuals
• R Studio: https://max-rstudio.desy.de/r

Using  R

Running R doesn't require any special setup for the the default version. For an up-to-date installation on maxwell use modules:

[elx]% which R
/usr/bin/R

[elx]% /usr/bin/R
R version 3.6.0 (2019-04-26) -- "Planting of a Tree"
Type 'q()' to quit R.
> q()
Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: n

# up-to-date version on maxwell
[elx]% module load maxwell R
# load module and create desktop icon:
[elx]% icon=y module load maxwell R
[elx]% which R
/software/R/4.2.1/bin/R