I don't think kernel compatibility is a significant issue for most applications. I can say for certain that I update the kernels on my linux boxes without having to reinstall R.
There *are* R packages for RHEL and friends. Have a look at: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/redhat/README Note that there's a bit of fiddling required, but I don't think it's particularly complicated. It's usually not particularly difficult to install R from source. If you prefer to do that, have a look at: https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html Also, you don't specify your requirements, but don't overlook the possibility of installing a virtual machine on your RHEL server. (It's somewhat easier to get an R package for Fedora or Ubuntu than for RHEL, for instance.) I don't know the answer to your question about embedded systems. I would think R would not be a great choice for an embedded system, but I don't know what your requirements are. -- Mike On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Sasikumar Kandhasamy <ckms...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot Mike. The Linux distribution we use is "Red Hat Enterprise > Linux Server release 6.2". > > Also, couple of clarifications, > > 1. Do we have a R package compatibility matrix against the Linux kernel > version? Or for the Red Hat Linux with kernel version 2.6.32-279, do you > have any suggestion/recommendation on R package to be used? > > 2. If we need to use Rscripts in embedded systems such as routers and > switches, do we need to install the complete R package in the system also? > Or just libR.so and Rscript should be ok? > > Thanks again Mike. > > Regards > Sasi > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Michael Hannon <jmhannon.ucda...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> It's very likely that there is already an R package for your linux >> system, and, if so, you'd probably be well-served to use that one. >> You've given us the version of the kernel you're using (not a recent >> one, BTW), but what linux distribution are you using? >> >> -- Mike >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Sasikumar Kandhasamy <ckms...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have downloaded the pre-compiled version of R package: >> > r-base-core(3.2.2-1) for i386 platform. Unzipped the package under my >> > tmp >> > directory (/tmp). The directories "et"c and "usr" got created with >> > binaries >> > R and Rscript under /tmp/usr/bin/. >> > >> > Executing the R (/tmp/usr/bin/R) or Rscript (/tmp/usr/bin/Rscipt) >> > reports >> > the below error, >> > >> > ./usr/bin/R >> > ./usr/bin/R: line 238: >> > /usr/lib/R/etc/ldpaths: No such file or directory >> > ERROR: R_HOME ('/usr/lib/R') not found >> > >> > How to reconfigure the R environment variables? Because, i tried setting >> > the R_HOME directory to "/tmp/usr/lib/R" but still not working. >> > >> > The Linux version i am using is 2.6.32. Please help me with the steps >> > to >> > install the R correctly. Thanks. >> > >> > Regards >> > Sasi >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.