This guides you to install R and RStudio for R beginners.

Install R

R is a statistical software. This is the engine for all R programing.

• Go to the Comprehensive R Archive Network (r-project.org) and choose your OS.

• In the “Subdirectories, choose “base” option
• Download the file and install. It’s free.

Install RStudio

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. This is an editor that makes your R coding easier. You need R engine (previous step).

• Go to RStudio download website.
• Download and install RStudio Desktop Open Source Edition (License). It’s free as well.

Test Run

• Let’s test run. Type 2 + 4 and Enter in the Console, to see whether it says 6.

• You are all set!