8.2 Upgrading Oracle R Enterprise

You can upgrade Oracle R Enterprise to the current release from any previous release by reinstalling the product.

Note:

Upgrade from Oracle R Enterprise 1.1 is not supported on IBM AIX. To upgrade Oracle R Enterprise 1.1 on IBM AIX, first uninstall Oracle R Enterprise 1.1 (including R) and then download and install the later version.

To upgrade Oracle R Enterprise and migrate your data:

  1. Ensure that you have the version of R that is required for the new version of Oracle R Enterprise.

    See the table of configuration requirements and server support in Oracle R Enterprise System Requirements for the R requirement.

  2. To upgrade Oracle R Enterprise Server, run the server script to perform an installation:

    ./server.sh

    When the script detects an earlier version of Oracle R Enterprise Server, it asks if you want to upgrade. Type Yes to start the upgrade. (Type No to aborts the process.)

    See About the SERVER Script for details.

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  3. To upgrade Oracle R Enterprise Client, re-install the Oracle R Enterprise packages and supporting packages. You do not need to uninstall the current packages before installing the new packages.

    See Installing Oracle R Enterprise Client for instructions.