Oracle R Distribution for R 2.15.3 is released

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We are pleased to announce that Oracle R Distribution (ORD) for R 2.15.3 is available for download today. This update consists of mostly minor bug fixes< size="2">, and < >is the final release of the R 2< size="2">.x < >series. < >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Oracle recommends < size="2">using yum to install < >ORD from < size="2">< size="2">our < >public yum < size="2">server.  < >< >To install ORD 2.15.3, first remove the previou< size="2">sly < size="2">ins< size="2">talled ORD< >< size="2">< size="2">.  For example, if < size="2">ORD < size="2">2.15.2 is installed, remove it < size="2">along with it’s < >dependencies< size="2">:
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< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. Become root
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< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> < face="courier new,courier,monospace">sudo su –
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2. Uninstall ORD 2.15.2 RPMs, i< size="2">n this order:< >< >
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rpm -e R-2.15.2-1.el5.x86_64
rpm -e R-devel
rpm -e R-core
rpm -e libRmath-devel
rpm -e libRmath

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3. Go to http://public-yum.oracle.com/ and follow these steps to instal< size="2">l ORD 2.15.3< >:< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Install the yum repository as follows< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">< face="courier new,courier,monospace">cd /etc/yum.repos.d< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4< size="2">a. < >Use this command to < size="2">downlo< size="2">ad the < >< >Oracle Linux 5 yum repository (el5.repo):< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> < face="courier new,courier,monospace">wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Open a text editor on the file just downloaded
< >< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
< face="courier new,courier,monospace">vi public-yum-el5.repo< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Set< >< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">< face="courier new,courier,monospace">

"enabled=1" for [el5_addons]
"enabled=1" for [el5_latest]< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4b. Use this command to < size="2">download< > the Oracle Linux 6 yum repository (ol6.repo):
< >< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">< face="courier new,courier,monospace">
wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Open a text editor on the file just downloaded< >

vi public-yum-ol6.repo

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Set< >< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">< face="courier new,courier,monospace">

"enabled=1" for [ol6_addons< size="2">]< >
"enabled=1" for [ol6_latest]< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">5. To install ORD, use the command< >

yum install R.x86_64

You can check that ORD was installed by starting it from the command line. You will see this startup 
message:


6. Older open source R packages may need to be re-installed after an ORD upgrade, which is 
accomplished by running:

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">< face="courier new,courier,monospace">R> update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE) < >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This command upgrades< size="2">< size="2">< size="2"> open source< >< >< > packages if < size="2">a more recent version exists on < size="2">CRAN or if < size="2">the
installed package was build < size="2">with< size="2"> an older version of R.< >< >< >< >< >< >

< size="2" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Oracle R Distribution for R 2.15.3 is certified with Oracle R Enterprise 1.3.1, available for download on Oracle Techn< size="2">ol< size="2">ogy< > < >Network. Oracle offers support for users of Oracle R Distribution on Linux, AIX and Solaris 64 bit platforms. < >