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Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list, this gives a newer version of R than the one that is in Ubuntu's repositories:

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deb httphttps://wwwcloud.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu precisexenial-cran35/


Note

Note: the CRAN R repository you add depends on the Ubuntu release you are running.

For example:   'precisexenial' = 12'16.04 ', 'trustybionic' = 14'18.04'

You may wish to select a different CRAN mirror, closer to your location.

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# apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9

Install R

(Plus one dependency, needed for installing R packages)

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Tip

You are now fully set up. To start using the DataSHIELD test environment sit our Tutorial for DataSHIELD users. The tutorial teaches you the basics of DataSHIELD including how to:

  • login
  • run commands to:
    • generate descriptive statistics
    • subset tables and vectors
    • fit some regression models

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