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wesm · Aug 7, 2019 · 36cfe28 · 36cfe28
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diff --git a/r/R/install-arrow.R b/r/R/install-arrow.R
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ SEE_ARROW_INSTALL <- paste(
   "See the Apache Arrow project installation page",
   "<https://arrow.apache.org/install/>",
   "to find pre-compiled binary packages for some common Linux distributions,",
-  "such as Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Fedora."
+  "including Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS. You'll need to install 'libarrow-dev'",
+  "and 'libparquet-dev'."
 )
 
 THEN_REINSTALL <- paste(

diff --git a/r/README.Rmd b/r/README.Rmd
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Install the latest release of `arrow` from CRAN with
 install.packages("arrow")
 ```
 
-On macOS and Windows, installing a binary package from CRAN will handle Arrow's C++ dependencies for you. On Linux, you'll need to first install the C++ library. See the [Arrow project installation page](https://arrow.apache.org/install/) for a list of PPAs from which you can obtain it.
+On macOS and Windows, installing a binary package from CRAN will handle Arrow's C++ dependencies for you. On Linux, you'll need to first install the C++ library. See the [Arrow project installation page](https://arrow.apache.org/install/) to find pre-compiled binary packages for some common Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS. You'll need to install `libarrow-dev` and `libparquet-dev`.
 
 If you install the `arrow` package from source and the C++ library is not found, the R package functions will notify you that Arrow is not available. Call
 

diff --git a/r/README.md b/r/README.md
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ install.packages("arrow")
 On macOS and Windows, installing a binary package from CRAN will handle
 Arrow’s C++ dependencies for you. On Linux, you’ll need to first install
 the C++ library. See the [Arrow project installation
-page](https://arrow.apache.org/install/) for a list of PPAs from which
-you can obtain it.
+page](https://arrow.apache.org/install/) to find pre-compiled binary
+packages for some common Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu,
+and CentOS. You’ll need to install `libarrow-dev` and `libparquet-dev`.
 
 If you install the `arrow` package from source and the C++ library is
 not found, the R package functions will notify you that Arrow is not

diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-install-arrow.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-install-arrow.R
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ r_only({
   test_that("Linux on release version gets pointed to PPA first, then C++", {
     expect_match(
       install_arrow_msg(FALSE, "0.13.0", os="linux"),
-      "Fedora. Or, see the Arrow C++ developer guide",
+      "'libparquet-dev'. Or, see the Arrow C++ developer guide",
       fixed = TRUE
     )
   })