RStudio Installation Guide

Owned by David Blood
Last updated: Jul 25, 2023 by Paige Piccola
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RStudio is a set of integrated tools designed to help you be more productive with R. It’s free and open source and works great on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It includes an R command-line console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, as well as tools for plotting, history, debugging, and workspace management.

Steps

  1. Download the latest version of R from https://cloud.r-project.org

  2. Install R by running the downloaded installer

  3. Download RStudio for your operating system (usually macOS or Windows ) from https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download

  4. Complete the installation of RStudio

    1. macOS

      1. Open the downloaded file

      2. Drag the RStudio icon to the Applications folder

      3. Eject the open disk image

      4. Delete the downloaded 

    2. Windows

      1. Open the downloaded installer

      2. Complete the installation wizard to finish installing the software.

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