R and Rstudio¶
R is a programming language which is commonly used in bioinformatics and statistics.
Mac¶
- Install R:
- Open an internet browser and go to www.r-project.org.
- Click the “download R” link in the middle of the page under “Getting Started.”
- Select a CRAN location (a mirror site) and click the corresponding link.
- Click on the “Download R for (Mac) OS X” link at the top of the page.
- Click on the file containing the latest version of R under “Files.”
- Save the
.pkg
file, double-click it to open, and follow the installation instructions. - Now that R is installed, you need to download and install RStudio.
- To install R Studio:
- Go to www.rstudio.com and click on the “Download RStudio” button.
- Click on “Download RStudio Desktop.”
- Click on the version recommended for your system, or the latest Mac version, save the
.dmg
file on your computer, double-click it to open, and then drag and drop it to your applications folder.
- To Install the SDSFoundations Package
- Download SDSFoundations to your desktop (make sure it has the
.tgz
extension). - Open RStudio.
- Click on the Packages tab in the bottom right window.
- Click “Install.”
- Select install from “Package Archive File.”
- Select the SDSFoundations package file from your desktop.
- Click install. You are done! You can now delete the SDSpackage file from your desktop.
- Download SDSFoundations to your desktop (make sure it has the
Windows Users¶
- To Install R:
- Open an internet browser and go to www.r-project.org.
- Click the “download R” link in the middle of the page under “Getting Started.”
- Select a CRAN location (a mirror site) and click the corresponding link.
- Click on the “Download R for Windows” link at the top of the page.
- Click on the “install R for the first time” link at the top of the page.
- Click “Download R for Windows” and save the executable file somewhere on your computer. Run the
.exe
file and follow the installation instructions. - Now that R is installed, you need to download and install RStudio.
- To Install RStudio
- Go to www.rstudio.com and click on the “Download RStudio” button.
- Click on “Download RStudio Desktop.”
- Click on the version recommended for your system, or the latest Windows version, and save the executable file. Run the
.exe
file and follow the installation instructions.
- To Install the SDSFoundations Package
- Download SDSFoundations to your desktop (make sure it has the
.zip
extension). - Open RStudio.
- Click on the Packages tab in the bottom right window.
- Click “Install.”
- Select install from “Package Archive File.”
- Select the SDSFoundations package file from your desktop.
- Click install. You are done! You can now delete the SDSpackage file from your desktop.
- Download SDSFoundations to your desktop (make sure it has the