Install local copy of R from source

build-r.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Install local copy of R from source.

# To run:
#   bash build-r.sh >& log.txt

# Version of R to install (must be part of the R 3.0 series)
VERSION=3.3.2
# Directory to install R. If not already present, creates bin, lib and share
# subdirectories.  Has to be an aboslute path (required by configure)
INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/Desktop/test-software

# Download source of latest release from CRAN
# https://cran.r-project.org/
wget https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-$VERSION.tar.gz

tar xzf R-$VERSION.tar.gz

cd R-$VERSION

./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR --enable-R-shlib

make

make check

make install