Down Load the Statistical Language R
Windows Machine
First instructions for windows machine are given and then other machines are mentioned.
1) Go to the web site: http://cran.us.r-project.org/
2) Choose the version of R that will work on your machine
i.e. I choose “Download R for Windows”
3) Next choose “install R for the first time”
4) Choose “Download R 3.0.1 for Windows”
5) You will be downloading the file R-3.0.1-win.exe
6) Use this file to install R.
Linux Machine
To launch R in its own window, type the following into the Linux command line:
R - g Tk &
Links to R tutorials and installation details
The first lesson in R which I teach during the first class session can be found at http://patriciahoffmanphd.com/startr.php . More tutorials, download information, and R references can be obtained here: http://patriciahoffmanphd.com/staticticallanguager.php
R Development Environments
Detailed Instructions for using the Eclipse IDE for R:
List of Instructions: here http://patriciahoffmanphd.com/resources/languages/StatsR/IntegrateRStatEtEclipsePluginSummary.pdf
Screen shots of each step: here http://patriciahoffmanphd.com/resources/languages/StatsR/IntegrateRStatEtEclipsePluginPictures.pdf
Longhow Lam wrote “A Guide to Eclipse and the R plug-in StatET” (found at http://www.splusbook.com/RIntro/R_Eclipse_StatET.pdf). You can download it from http://www.splusbook.com/RIntro/RCourseMaterial.html . It is a good starting point for Eclipse beginners, but also advanced users find instructions on a lot of StatET features in this guide.
RStudio: RStudio works well and is the easiest to
install. The website to download RStudio
is http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/
(this is the easiest)
I use the “Download RStudio Desktop”, which downloads the following version:
This downloads the file RStudio-0.97.551.exe which can be used to install RStudio.
Documentation for RStudio is at http://www.rstudio.com/ide/docs/using/console.
Short Cuts for this IDE are at http://www.rstudio.com/ide/docs/using/keyboard_shortcuts.
Eclipse with statET: Downloads for eclipse can be found here: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Eclipse documentation can be found at http://www.eclipse.org/documentation/
The download for statET can be obtained here: http://www.walware.de/goto/statet
Detailed Instructions for using the Eclipse IDE for R:
List of Instructions: here
Screen shots of each step: here
Longhow Lam wrote “A Guide to Eclipse and the R plug-in StatET” (found at http://www.splusbook.com/RIntro/R_Eclipse_StatET.pdf). You can download it from http://www.splusbook.com/RIntro/RCourseMaterial.html . It is a good starting point for Eclipse beginners, but also advanced users find instructions on a lot of StatET features in this guide.
Sweave and Beamer
Descriptions, tutorials, and links to downloads are on these Wikipedia pages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer
