Installation

Objective: install R and RStudio.

Install R

• Go to the Comprehensive R Archive Network: https://cran.r-project.org/
• If you are using windows, click on the link “Download R for Windows”
• Click on the link “install R for the first time”
• Click on the link “Download R 3.4.3 for Windows” and install the executable

Now R is installed on your machine. R can be run from the command prompt (open the command prompt, type `R` and press enter), but a simple GUI for R (`RGui`) was also installed along R. For beginners, it is recommanded to install `RStudio`, a free and open-source integrated development environment (IDE) for R.

Install RStudio

• Go to the download page of RStudio.com
• Download RStudio for windows and install it