How to install R and RMySQL in RedHat Linux 8?

Question

How do I install R and RMYSQL on RedHat Linux 8?

Cannot get the epel working. Trying to install R gives dependency errors.

Answer 1

Followed the instructions here: https://linuxconfig.org/install-r-on-linux-redhat-8 (Assuming that you have already installed the MySQL)

1. Untar the downloaded R :

   sudo su
   tar -xzvf R-3.5.2.tar.gz
   chown -R root:root R-3.5.2/
   

2. Now install the following using yum:

   yum install java
   yum install xz xz-devel         
   yum group install "Development tools"
   yum install readline-devel
   yum install xz xz-devel 
   yum install pcre pcre-devel
   yum install libcurl-devel
   yum install texlive
   yum install *gfortran*
   yum install zlib*
   yum install bzip2-*
   

3. Now configure:

   ./configure -with-x=no
   

4. Make install :

   make install 
   

5. Now to launch R from anywhere:

   ./configure --prefix=/where/you/want/R/to/go
   (sudo ./configure --prefix=/home/ec2-user/R-3.6.0/bin)   
   

   That should install the R.

6. you can move R: cp -r R-3.6.0 /usr/local/R

After this you can install DBI:

7. Install DBI:

   R CMD INSTALL DBI_1.0.0.tar.gz
   

8. Create the mariadb repo:

   vi /etc/yum.repos.d/MariaDB.repo
   

9. Add the following in the repo file:

    [mariadb]
    name = MariaDB
    baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.1/centos6-amd64
    gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
    gpgcheck=1
   

10. Install mariadb

    yum install mariadb-devel
    

11. Get RMySQL from here: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RMySQL/index.html

12. Install RMySQL:

    R CMD INSTALL RMySQL_0.10.17.tar.gz
    

13. Test the installation:

    R
    library(RMySQL)
    db <- dbConnect(MySQL(), user="userName", password="passWord", dbname="mysql", host="127.0.0.1")