install_condaR_aws.md

Download miniconda version

You can find it here - https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html#linux-installers

Add the new miniconda file to your path

export PATH="/home/ubuntu/miniconda3/bin/:$PATH"

Create r environment

conda create -n r anaconda

Activate r environment

conda activate r

Problems above

If you are having issues activating your R environment try the following source /home/ubuntu/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh Solution was found here - conda/conda#7980

R is installed

Once you activate your r environment do which R and you will see that you have R installed. But what if you want to change the R version?

Check what R versions are available

conda search r-base Then choose the verison you want: conda install -c r r=3.6.0