Appendix A: Setup R Environment¶

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Most of its precompiled binary distributions can be found on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN).

Download and Install R¶

Debian / Ubuntu¶

Packages for the base R system has been integrated into these distributions:

apt-get install r-base

CentOS and RHEL¶

R packages are available in the EPEL repositories:

yum install epel-release
yum install R

OpenSUSE / SLE¶

The OpenSUSE / SLE release users can find the latest R-base package in this devel project. After adding matched repository, install R and all dependencies:

zypper install R-base

OS X¶

The CRAN provide pkg installers supporting various macOS versions.

Alternatively, you can install via a package manager like homebrew:

brew install r

Windows¶

Download from the CRAN page the installer and run.

Verification¶

R --version

You should have a similar output if your installation is successful:

R version 4.2.2 (2022-10-31) -- "Innocent and Trusting"
Copyright (C) 2022 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: aarch64-apple-darwin22.1.0 (64-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License versions 2 or 3.
For more information about these matters see
https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

RStudio IDE¶

It is recommanded to code with an integrated development environment (IDE), which can be found on the official website. Likewise, one can install the IDE with a package manager

brew install --cask rstudio

Reference¶

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