# Install R packages via Ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 3, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247 "2018-08-03T05:10:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247/1 "2018-08-03T05:10:25Z")

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Hi All,

How to install R packages through Ansible ?

I want to install quantmod and ggplot packages.

Any Suggestion ?

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**Author:** ![vinod93pop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea5d25/32.png) [@vinod93pop](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vinod93pop)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247/2 "2018-08-03T05:11:49Z")

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Create a play book With yum module to install it. See ansible yum dicumentation for more info

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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247/3 "2018-08-03T05:17:27Z")

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R have quantmod and ggplot packages, which couldn’t be possible by yum.

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**Author:** ![Saurabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Saurabh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Saurabh)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247/4 "2018-08-03T05:18:52Z")

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yum will just install R, But i require additional packages for R or i can say library which is used during R programming.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247/5 "2018-08-03T13:57:03Z")

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Ansible does not currently have an 'R package manager' so you'll need  
to use the shell/command modules to install R packages not available  
via the OS package manager.

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**Author:** ![Mischa\_ter\_Smitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mischa\_ter\_Smitten](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mischa_ter_Smitten)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/install-r-packages-via-ansible/28247/6 "2018-08-03T17:39:32Z")

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You might want to have a look at [https://github.com/Oefenweb/ansible-r](https://github.com/Oefenweb/ansible-r)