In this article, we’ll describe briefly how to install R and RStudio on Windows, MAC OSX and Linux platforms. RStudio is an integrated development environment for R that makes using R easier. It includes a console, code editor and tools for plotting. To make things simple, we recommend to install first R and then RStudio.
- Download R & RStudio Mac Users To Install R 1. Open an internet browser and go to www.r-project.org. Click the “download R” link in the middle of the page under “Getting Started.” 3. Select a CRAN location (a mirror site) and click the corresponding link. Click on the “Download R for (Mac.
- In the box “Download and Install R”, click on “Download R for (MAC). HOW TO install R and R Studio MAC Users Fall 2020.docx Page 4 of 4 Put the R-Studio shortcut onto your dock, if it is not already there. From the Applications folder:. Scroll to find.
- Go to www.rstudio.com and click on the 'Download RStudio' button. Click on 'Download RStudio Desktop.' Click on the version recommended for your system, or the latest Mac version, save the.dmg file on your computer, double-click it to open, and then drag and drop it to your applications folder. To Install the SDSFoundations Package.
- RStudio is available in open source and commercial editions and runs on the desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux) or in a browser connected to RStudio Server or RStudio Server Pro (Debian/Ubuntu, Red Hat/CentOS, and SUSE Linux).
R is an incredibly powerful open source program for statistics and graphics. It can run on pretty much any computer and has a very active and friendly support community online. Graphics created by R are extremely extensible and are used in high level publications like the New York Times (as explained by this former NYT infographic designer).
RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. It’s basically a nice front-end for R, giving you a console, a scripting window, a graphics window, and an R workspace, among other options.
R Commander is a basic graphical user interface (GUI) for R. It provides a series of menus that allow you to run lots of statistic tests and create graphics without typing a line of code. More advanced features of R aren’t accessible through R Commander, but you can use it for the majority of your statistics. (Lots of people (like me) use R Commander as a crutch for a few months before they get the hang of the R language. As intimidating as it might be to constantly type stuff at the console, it really is a lot faster.)
However, as is the case with lots of free and open source software, it can be a little tricky to install all of these different programs and get them to work nicely together. The simple instructions below explain how to get everything working right.
How To Download Rstudio For Mac
Install R, RStudio, and R Commander in Windows
- Download R from http://cran.us.r-project.org/ (click on “Download R for Windows” > “base” > “Download R 2.x.x for Windows”)
- Install R. Leave all default settings in the installation options.
- Download RStudio from http://rstudio.org/download/desktop and install it. Leave all default settings in the installation options.
- Open RStudio.
- Go to the “Packages” tab and click on “Install Packages”. The first time you’ll do this you’ll be prompted to choose a CRAN mirror. R will download all necessary files from the server you select here. Choose the location closest to you (probably “USA CA 1” or “USA CA 2”, which are housed at UC Berkeley and UCLA, respectively).
- Start typing “Rcmdr” until you see it appear in a list. Select the first option (or finish typing Rcmdr), ensure that “Install dependencies” is checked, and click “Install”.
- Wait while all the parts of the R Commander package are installed.
- If you get permission errors while installing packages, close R Studio and reopen it with administrator privileges.
Install R, RStudio, and R Commander in Mac OS X
- Download R from http://cran.us.r-project.org/ (click on “Download R for Mac OS X” > “R-2.x.x.pkg (latest version)”)
- Install R.
- Download RStudio from http://rstudio.org/download/desktop.
- Install RStudio by dragging the application icon to your Applications folder.
- Download Tcl/Tk from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/tools/ (click on
tcltk-8.x.x-x11.dmg; OS X needs this to run R Commander.) - Install Tcl/Tk.
- Go to your Applications folder and find a folder named Utilities. Verify that you have a program named “X11” there. If not, go to http://xquartz.macosforge.org/ and download and install the latest version of XQuartz.
- Open RStudio.
- Go to the “Packages” tab and click on “Install Packages”. The first time you’ll do this you’ll be prompted to choose a CRAN mirror. R will download all necessary files from the server you select here. Choose the location closest to you (probably “USA CA 1” or “USA CA 2”, which are housed at UC Berkeley and UCLA, respectively).
- Start typing “Rcmdr” until you see it appear in a list. Select the first option (or finish typing Rcmdr), ensure that “Install dependencies” is checked, and click “Install”.
- Wait while all the parts of the R Commander package are installed.
Open R Commander in Windows and OS X
Once you’ve installed R Commander, you won’t have to go through all those steps again! Running R Commander from this point on is simple—follow the instructions below.
R And R Studio
If you decide to stop using R Commander and just stick with R, all you ever need to do is open RStudio—even simpler!
How To Download R And Rstudio For Mac
- Open R Studio
- In the console, type
windows()if using Windows,quartz()if using Mac OS X. (This tells R Commander to output all graphs to a new window). If you don’t do this, R Commander graphs will be output to the graphics window in RStudio. - Go to the “Packages” tab, scroll down to “Rcmdr,” and check the box to load the plugin. (Alternatively, type
library(Rcmdr)at the console.)