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Guide to setting up R and RStudio on Windows
https://github.com/genomicsclass/windows
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Guide to setting up R and RStudio on Windows
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/genomicsclass/windows
- Owner: genomicsclass
- Created: 2015-01-30T14:36:08.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-10-09T16:29:04.000Z (about 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-04T00:32:56.919Z (12 months ago)
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- Forks: 34
- Open Issues: 3
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Setting up R and RStudio in Windows
## Running as Administrator
- When you run the installers, make sure to run them as administrator.
- Select the file, right click and choose **Run as administrator**
## Installing R
- Open your browser and go to http://cran.r-project.org/
- Click on `Download R for Windows`
- Click on `base`
- Click on `Download R 3.1.2 for Windows`
- Open and run the file you just downloaded `R-3.1.2-win.exe`
- There is no need to change the default installation!
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- Please make sure you install the latest version of R (R version 3.1.2).
## Installing Rtools
Now we need to install Rtools
- Open your browser and go to http://cran.r-project.org/
- Click on `Download R for Windows`
- Click on `Rtools`
- Download `Rtools31.exe`
- Open and run the file you just downloaded `Rtools31.exe`
- Again, there is no need to change the defaults
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## Installing RStudio
- If you have already installed RStudio, before you skip this section check if you are using the right R version. Go to `Tools/Global Options`. Make you sure you have `R-3.1.2` under R version
- Go to http://www.rstudio.com/ and click on `Desktop`
- Select `DOWNLOAD RSTUDIO DESKTOP`
- Download the installer for Windows
- Open and run the file you just downloaded `RStudio-0.98.1091.exe`
- You don't have to change any of the defaults for the installation
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## Installing devtools
- Open Rstudio, in the **Files/Plots/Packages/Help** panel, select **Packages** and then click on **Install**
- Type `devtools` under **Packages**, make sure you spell the name of the package correctly. Then, click on **Install**
- Alternatively, you can run the following command in the console:
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install.packages("devtools")
```
## Installing packages from GitHub
We are ready to install R packages from GitHub
- First we need to load the `devtools` package
```r
library(devtools)
```
- Now we can install the `gapminder` package.
```r
install_github("jennybc/gapminder")
```
## License
http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT