Install/upgrade software

In this workshop, we will use R and RStudio. RStudio is not required but recommended. It makes package development very easy, and we will show many keyboard shortcuts and other tricks using RStudio.

Install R

• A recent version of R (>= 3.6.1 “Action of the Toes”) is recommended. You can check your version from the R Console:

getRversion()

## [1] '3.6.1'

Install RStudio

• RStudio (>= 1.2.5033) is recommended.

Upgrading your system

For more help installing or upgrading R and RStudio, please read through these links:

1. Chapter 6 in Happy Git with R
2. Maintaining R from What They Forgot to Teach You About R
   • See “How to transfer your library when updating R”