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- R - Analysis of Covariance
- R - Poisson Regression
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R - Environment Setup
R - Environment Setup
Local Environment Setup
If you are still wilpng to set up your environment for R, you can follow the steps given below.
Windows Installation
You can download the Windows installer version of R from and save it in a local directory.
As it is a Windows installer (.exe) with a name "R-version-win.exe". You can just double cpck and run the installer accepting the default settings. If your Windows is 32-bit version, it installs the 32-bit version. But if your windows is 64-bit, then it installs both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
After installation you can locate the icon to run the Program in a directory structure "RR3.2.2ini386Rgui.exe" under the Windows Program Files. Cpcking this icon brings up the R-GUI which is the R console to do R Programming.
Linux Installation
R is available as a binary for many versions of Linux at the location .
The instruction to install Linux varies from flavor to flavor. These steps are mentioned under each type of Linux version in the mentioned pnk. However, if you are in a hurry, then you can use yum command to install R as follows −
$ yum install R
Above command will install core functionapty of R programming along with standard packages, still you need additional package, then you can launch R prompt as follows −
$ R R version 3.2.0 (2015-04-16) -- "Full of Ingredients" Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: x86_64-redhat-pnux-gnu (64-bit) R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type pcense() or pcence() for distribution details. R is a collaborative project with many contributors. Type contributors() for more information and citation() on how to cite R or R packages in pubpcations. Type demo() for some demos, help() for on-pne help, or help.start() for an HTML browser interface to help. Type q() to quit R. >
Now you can use install command at R prompt to install the required package. For example, the following command will install plotrix package which is required for 3D charts.
> install.packages("plotrix")
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