The R available on ALPS is version 3.1.1 (latest version is 3.1.2 at the time of writing). Type R to initial the R environment.
R
R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10) -- "Sock it to Me"
Copyright (C) 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit)
R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
Natural language support but running in an English locale
R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
Type 'contributors()' for more information and
'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications.
Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
'help.start()' for an HTML browser interface to help.
Type 'q()' to quit R.
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Within the R console, we use the install.packages() command to installed all required R libraries.
You may encounter these messages telling you certain directory you do not have WRITE permission. Please type "y" to both questions to create a personal library in your home directory.
Warning in install.packages(c("data.table", "ggplot2", "gridExtra", "plyr", :
'lib = "/pkg/biology/R/R-3.1.1/lib64/R/library"' is not writable
Would you like to use a personal library instead? (y/n) y
Would you like to create a personal library
~/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/3.1
to install packages into? (y/n) y
Use the library() command to lists all available packages in the libraries.
library()
Packages in library ‘/home/s00yao00/R/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-library/3.1’:
chron Chronological objects which can handle dates
and times
colorspace Color Space Manipulation
data.table Extension of data.frame
dichromat Color Schemes for Dichromats
digest Create Cryptographic Hash Digests of R Objects
ggplot2 An implementation of the Grammar of Graphics
gridExtra functions in Grid graphics
gtable Arrange grobs in tables.
labeling Axis Labeling
munsell Munsell colour system
proto Prototype object-based programming
reshape Flexibly reshape data.
reshape2 Flexibly Reshape Data: A Reboot of the Reshape
Package.
scales Scale functions for graphics.
stringr Make it easier to work with strings.
Press q to exit the package list, and type q() command to exit the R console. Choose "n" to not save the workspace as an image.