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01 Setting up R & RStudio

Neha Moopen edited this page Aug 5, 2021 · 2 revisions

The Data Privacy Handbook was initially built using R & RStudio. To set up the R environment, you need to:

  • Install R, the programming language.
  • Install RStudio, the Graphical User Interface (GUI) that can work more easily with the R language.

Installation

Follow the following steps to set up the necessary software on your computer:

  1. Download and install R: Go to the CRAN website and select your operating system to download the correct version. For installation instructions, you can follow the steps described here.

  2. Download and install RStudio: Go to the RStudio website and select the Free Rstudio option for your operating system. Follow the installation steps thereon. After installation, you can open RStudio by clicking the RStudio icon. You can find a short introduction of the RStudio interface on this webpage.