R

R is a programming language primarily for statistics and numerical analysis.

Installation

`+libdeflate`	Use app-arch/libdeflate rather than sys-libs/zlib for lazy-loaded R objects.
`X`	Add support for X11
`cairo`	Enable support for the cairo graphics library
`doc`	Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
`icu`	Enable ICU (Internationalization Components for Unicode) support, using dev-libs/icu
`java`	Add support for Java
`jpeg`	Add JPEG image support
`lapack`	Add support for the virtual/lapack numerical library
`lto`	Enable Link-Time Optimization (LTO) to optimize the build
`minimal`	Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features)
`nls`	Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
`openmp`	Build support for the OpenMP (support parallel computing), requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.2 built with USE="openmp"
`perl`	Add optional support/bindings for the Perl language
`png`	Add support for libpng (PNG images)
`prefix`	Defines if a Gentoo Prefix offset installation is used
`profile`	Add support for software performance analysis (will likely vary from ebuild to ebuild)
`readline`	Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
`test`	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
`tiff`	Add support for the TIFF image format
`tk`	Add support for Tk GUI toolkit

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2024-09-12 18:37 More information about USE flags

root #emerge --ask dev-lang/R

ESS, or Emacs Speaks Statistics, is an Emacs mode that can edit R files and start R from within Emacs. To install:

root #emerge --ask app-emacs/ess

In Vim, the vim-r plugin integrates vim and R through tmux and provides support for editing R and send it to an R process. To install:

root #emerge --ask app-vim/vim-r