Chapter 2 Installing R and RStudio
Installing software.
2.1 Objectives
The goal of this chapter is to get you up and running with the R statistical programming language and the RStudio integrated development environment.
If you are reading this because you are taking one of my courses, you must decide how you want to use R and RStudio for the course. You have two basic options:
- you can install them on your own computer, or
- you can use Auburn Universities education virtual lab (VLab), online.
If you have a computer that you will be using consistently for this course, I recommend installing R and RStudio on that computer. Both are free and will be much easier to use if you install them directly on your computer. If you have decided to install the software on your computer you can skip to the following video. Note, that you must be a student within the university, and have DUO setup to use VLab. If you think you want to use the virtual lab, watch this video: