the Easiest Way to Install SparkR

• Install the last version R
• Dowload and install Spark（you can choose 1.6.2 or 2.0.0, it is also ok to keep both）
• Install RStudio(optional)
• Tell R where spark is installed

Sys.setenv(SPARK_HOME="/Users/steven/Applications/spark2")
.libPaths(c(file.path(Sys.getenv("SPARK_HOME"), "R", "lib"), .libPaths()))
library(SparkR)

• Enjoy it( Spark 2.0.0 example)

sc <- sparkR.session(master="local[2]")
df <- createDataFrame(iris)   #R data.frame to Spark DataFrame
createOrReplaceTempView(df,"iris") #register Spark DataFrame as temp view
x<-sql("select * from iris")# test Spark SQL
nrow(x)#
summary(x)

collect(df)#Spark DataFrame to R data.frame
sparkR.session.stop()

reference,

最简便的SparkR安装方法