However when I try to launch R, I get the following error: "Error in loadNamespace(name) : there is no package called ‘SparkR’ During startup - Warning messages: 1: In library(package, lib.loc = lib.loc, character.only = TRUE, logical.return = TRUE, : there is no package called ‘SparkR’ 2: package ‘SparkR’ in options("defaultPackages") was not found" Do I need to install an additional 'sparkR' package within R? ... View more

Thank you Felix, I upgraded R 2.14.1 to R 3.2.5 using below commands and I could successfully launched sparkR through terminal. Add PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter Update ubuntu for upgrade: sudo apt-get update Upgrade R (This is a generic ubuntu command) sudo apt-get upgrade ... View more