Software Installation


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Originally this page pointed the user to step by step instructions on installing R and RStudio on both a PC and a Mac computer. Please note, that for either computer, you need to install R before you install RStudio.

Over the years I have tried many approaches to documenting how to set up our system and install both my scripts and the main software. The old attempts may be interesting but they have been outdated by changes in the way R and RStudio are being delivered. Therefore, what you see here are links to videos showing the installation of a PC and on a Mac, along with a listing of the steps to do these things including the links to various web pages.

  Video showing the steps below on a PC
(link here  )
Video showing the steps below on a Mac
(link here  )
  Steps involved in the setup
 
  1. Create desktop folder
  2. Download Roger's scripts (link here  )
  3. Extract the scripts and place them in the new folder
  4. Download and install R (link http://cran.r-project.org  )
  5. Download and install RStudio (link https://docs.posit.co/ide/user/#rstudio-ide-oss-downloads )
  6. Test the installation


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