Linux Mint installs the latest version of R, which is the language and operating environment used for statistical analysis and plotting. R is a free, free, and open source software in the GNU system. It is an excellent tool for Statistical Computing and statistical drawing. For version control, please try the following method to install the latest version. Open Terminal 1 sudo gedit/etc/apt/sources. list add 1deb http: // source image/bin/linux/ubuntu version/example: 1deb http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu raring/domestic source image 1 http://ftp.ctex.org/mirrors/CRAN/ CTEX. ORG2http: // developer.bjtu.edu.cn/cran Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing3http: // cran.w.uru.cn w.uru (a, Guangzhou4http: // your University of Science and Technology of China5http: // mirrors.xmu.edu.cn/CRAN/ Xiamen University Reference http://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html followed by terminal input 1 sudo apt-key adv -- keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com -- recv-keys E084DAB9 refer to Protocol 1 sudo apt-get update2sudo apt-get install r-base