2.1 Installing R

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Quick Start

  1. Visit https://cloud.r-project.org/
  2. Choose Download either macOS or Windows
  3. Install the downloaded R package.

For GNU/Linux install R from your OS repository.

Details

We first need to have available the computer software that interprets our programs that we write as sentences in the R language. Usually we will install this software, called the R Interpreter, on our own computer and instructions for doing so are readily available on the Internet. The R Project is a good place to start.

Generally, to install R visit the R Download page of the R Project. Choose your operating system variety and click the appropriate link on that page.

Most GNU/Linux distributions freely provide R packages from their application stores. For Debian and Ubuntu you can run the command line:

sudo apt install r-recommended

This will install R from the appropriate distribution repository.


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