R

R for statistical computing

R is a software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques (linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, and so on).

Note

When you log onto ARCHER2, no R module is loaded by default. You need to load the cray-R module to access the functionality described below.

The recommended version of R to use on ARCHER2 is the HPE Cray R distribution, which can be loaded using:

module load cray-R

The HPE Cray R distribution includes a range of common R packages, including all of the base packages, plus a few others.

To see what packages are available, run the R command

library()

--from the R command prompt.

At the time of writing, the HPE Cray R distribution included the following packages:

Full System

Packages in library ‘/opt/R/4.0.3.0/lib64/R/library’:

base                    The R Base Package
boot                    Bootstrap Functions (Originally by Angelo Canty
                        for S)
class                   Functions for Classification
cluster                 "Finding Groups in Data": Cluster Analysis
                        Extended Rousseeuw et al.
codetools               Code Analysis Tools for R
compiler                The R Compiler Package
datasets                The R Datasets Package
foreign                 Read Data Stored by 'Minitab', 'S', 'SAS',
                        'SPSS', 'Stata', 'Systat', 'Weka', 'dBase', ...
graphics                The R Graphics Package
grDevices               The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours
                        and Fonts
grid                    The Grid Graphics Package
KernSmooth              Functions for Kernel Smoothing Supporting Wand
                        & Jones (1995)
lattice                 Trellis Graphics for R
MASS                    Support Functions and Datasets for Venables and
                        Ripley's MASS
Matrix                  Sparse and Dense Matrix Classes and Methods
methods                 Formal Methods and Classes
mgcv                    Mixed GAM Computation Vehicle with Automatic
                        Smoothness Estimation
nlme                    Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models
nnet                    Feed-Forward Neural Networks and Multinomial
                        Log-Linear Models
parallel                Support for Parallel computation in R
rpart                   Recursive Partitioning and Regression Trees
spatial                 Functions for Kriging and Point Pattern
                        Analysis
splines                 Regression Spline Functions and Classes
stats                   The R Stats Package
stats4                  Statistical Functions using S4 Classes
survival                Survival Analysis
tcltk                   Tcl/Tk Interface
tools                   Tools for Package Development
utils                   The R Utils Package

4-cabinet system

Packages in library ‘/opt/R/4.0.2.0/lib64/R/library’:

base                    The R Base Package
boot                    Bootstrap Functions (Originally by Angelo Canty
                        for S)
class                   Functions for Classification
cluster                 "Finding Groups in Data": Cluster Analysis
                        Extended Rousseeuw et al.
codetools               Code Analysis Tools for R
compiler                The R Compiler Package
datasets                The R Datasets Package
foreign                 Read Data Stored by 'Minitab', 'S', 'SAS',
                        'SPSS', 'Stata', 'Systat', 'Weka', 'dBase', ...
graphics                The R Graphics Package
grDevices               The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours
                        and Fonts
grid                    The Grid Graphics Package
KernSmooth              Functions for Kernel Smoothing Supporting Wand
                        & Jones (1995)
lattice                 Trellis Graphics for R
MASS                    Support Functions and Datasets for Venables and
                        Ripley's MASS
Matrix                  Sparse and Dense Matrix Classes and Methods
methods                 Formal Methods and Classes
mgcv                    Mixed GAM Computation Vehicle with Automatic
                        Smoothness Estimation
nlme                    Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models
nnet                    Feed-Forward Neural Networks and Multinomial
                        Log-Linear Models
parallel                Support for Parallel computation in R
rpart                   Recursive Partitioning and Regression Trees
spatial                 Functions for Kriging and Point Pattern
                        Analysis
splines                 Regression Spline Functions and Classes
stats                   The R Stats Package
stats4                  Statistical Functions using S4 Classes
survival                Survival Analysis
tcltk                   Tcl/Tk Interface
tools                   Tools for Package Development
utils                   The R Utils Package

Running R on the compute nodes

In this section, we provide an example R job submission scripts for using R on the ARCHER2 compute nodes.

Serial R submission script

#!/bin/bash --login

#SBATCH --job-name=r_test
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
#SBATCH --time=00:10:00

# Replace [budget code] below with your project code (e.g., t01)
#SBATCH --account=[budget code]
#SBATCH --partition=serial
#SBATCH --qos=serial

# Load the R module
module load cray-R

# Run your R progamme
Rscript serial_test.R

On completion, the output of the R script will be available in the job output file.