Running R 2.2.1

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The R environment is an interactive tool for exploring data sets, including the generation of a wide range of graphic representations of data properties. R is a free software superset of S/SPLUS, first developed in 1997. The IBM HPC Cluster is currently running R 2.0.1

Accessing the R 2.2.1 environment:

You will need telnet software, such as SSH, to access the system.
Connect to one of the nodes in the cluster, for example, hal08.rit.albany.edu, at the linux prompt enter:

R

To exit R

>q()

R_LIB should be set to R_LIBS=/opt/devel/POWER/R/R-2.2.1/library

Refer to Appendix A in the R-Manual for Sample R functions. For more information on using this statistical package, contact ritgroup@albany.edu

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