Ubuntu 24.04, also known as Noble Numbat, has been recently released. Ubuntu fans have already started upgrading their systems from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04. The R team has also released its package, noble-cran40, for Ubuntu 24.04. If you’re planning to install the latest R on Ubuntu 24.04, the process is quite simple. In this post, I will show you all the necessary steps for the installation.
Here are the steps:
- Since apt-key has been deprecated, you need to run the following command on the terminal to add the key:
wget -qO- https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/marutter_pubkey.asc | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cran_ubuntu_key.asc- After executing the above command, you can verify the key by running the following command on the terminal:
gpg --show-keys /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cran_ubuntu_key.ascThe fingerprint should be E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9.
- Next, create a new file named ‘r-release.list‘ with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/r-release.list- Add the following entry to the file to obtain the latest R4.4 packages:
deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu noble-cran40/- Finally, to install the complete R system, use the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base That’s it! You have successfully installed the latest R on your Ubuntu 24.04 system. Please let me know in the comments if you find any issues.
Reference: cran-r