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Downloading and Installing R and R Studio on Windows Operating System

Hello Everyone,
This is a tutorial about how to download and install R and R Studio on Windows Operating System.

R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing. The R language is widely used among statisticians and data miners for developing statistical software and data analysis.

PREREQUISITE-
1. To follow the installation procedure, you need to be connected to the Internet.
2. Following system requirements should be met:

  • At least 1GB disk space should be available.
  • Minimum of 1GB RAM.
  • 2GHz dual-core processor or above.


Part A: Steps for Installing R

Step 1) Go to the website https://www.r-project.org/. Under the tab Getting Started, click on download R. A page named CRAN-Mirrors opens.


Step 2) Under the mirror 0-Cloud, click on link, https://cloud.r-project.org/. A page named The Comprehensive R Archive Network opens.


Step 3) At the top of the page, click on Download R for Windows. A page containing Sub-directories for R for Windows opens.


Step 4) In the subdirectory named base, click on install R for the first time.


Step 5) At the top of the page, click on Download R.4.0.3 for Windows. (The latest R version may differ. The version R.4.0.3 was latest in February 2021. Kindly download the latest version available at that time.)


Step 6) Now run the downloaded file. Enter/Browse the path where you want R to be installed and then follow the other installation instructions. R will be installed on the computer.



Part B: Steps for Installing R

NOTE: You must install R before installing R studio. The installation of R studio will never complete unless R is installed.

Step 1) Go to the website https://www.rstudio.com/. At the top of the page, click on Download.


Step 2) A page named Download RStudio IDE opens.


Step 3) Scroll down and locate the RStudio Desktop- Open Source License. Under this license, click on DOWNLOAD. The Installers for Supported Platforms are displayed.


Step 4) The Installers for Supported Platforms are displayed. Now click on the link for windows and download the .exe file.


Step 5) The R studio installation file will be downloaded. Now open and run the downloaded file. 

a) Enter/Browse the path where you want R to be installed. Then click on Next.


b) Now configure the shortcut settings. Tick the box if you want shortcut to be created on Desktop. Then click on Install.


c) The installation process will start.


d) Once the installation is complete, click on Finish.

e) A snippet of the opening screen of R Studio.



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