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I would like to install xml2 R package (devtools package requires xml2) on a Red Hat server but I don't have root access, is it possible to install an R package without having root access? Thank you

I tried to install the normal way as install.packages('xml2'). It says I miss dependency libicui18n.so.58, so I download the rpm file and installed, then it said it needed icu58-data and I installed the rpm. This time it says I don't have permission to install

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  • Yes. Have you tried? – Nasir Riley Jul 17 '19 at 07:29
  • I have added to the description above – user2842390 Jul 17 '19 at 07:38
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    That means that there is a developent package whose libraries and headers are needed. You do need sudo to install packages using yum and rpm but that's completely different. You can install R packages without sudo provided that the development libraries and headers are on the system. For libicui, you will either need to have someone with sudo install the development packages or build them from source and the binaries and libraries to your environment. After that, you can install xml2 in R. – Nasir Riley Jul 17 '19 at 13:24
  • Thank you very much! – user2842390 Jul 18 '19 at 00:33

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