Install an R Package (linux)

In Linux type the command:

R CMD INSTALL package.tar.gz

(No need to ungzip or untar the package.)

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Now once we've located that package, we don't need to uncompress it; in the case of Linux, we simply type capital "R command (CMD) install" and give the name of the gzipped package and violà - it's going to install it for us.