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. ``` 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