Installation of R
R programming is a very popular language and to work on that we have to install two things, i.e., R
and RStudio. R and RStudio works together to create a project on R.
Installing R to the local computer is very easy. First, we must know which operating system we are
using so that we can download it accordingly.
The official site [Link] provides binary files for major operating systems
including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. In some Linux distributions, R is installed by default,
which we can verify from the console by entering R.
To install R, either we can get it from the site [Link] or can use commands from
the terminal.
Install R in Windows
There are following steps used to install the R in Windows:
Step 1:First, we have to download the R setup from [Link]
Step 2:When we click on Download R 3.6.1 for windows, our downloading will be started of R
setup. Once the downloading is finished, we have to run the setup of R in the following way:
1) Select the path where we want to download the R and proceed to Next.
2) Select all components which we want to install, and then we will proceed to Next.
3) In the next step, we have to select either customized startup or accept the default, and then we
proceed to Next.
4) When we proceed to next, our installation of R in our system will get started:
5) In the last, we will click on finish to successfully install R in our system.
Installation of RStudio
RStudio Desktop is available for both Windows and Linux. The open-source RStudio Desktop
installation is very simple to install on both operating systems. The licensed version of RStudio
has some more features than open-source. Before installing RStudio, let's see what are the
additional features in the license version of RStudio.
Installation on Windows/Linux
On Windows and Linux, it is quite simple to install RStudio. The process of installing RStudio in
both the OS is the same. There are the following steps to install RStudio in our Windows/Linux:
Step 1:
In the first step, we visit the RStudio official site and click on Download RStudio.
Step 2:
In the next step, we will select the RStudio desktop for open-source license and click on
download.
Step 3:
In the next step, we will select the appropriate installer. When we select the installer, our
downloading of RStudion setup will start.
Step 4:
In the next step, we will run our setup in the following way:
1) Click on Next.
2) Click on Install.
3) Click on finish.
4) RStudio is ready to work.