Installing R, RStudio and IPython notebook with the R kernel¶

Install R¶

Download and install the appropriate version for your operating system from http://archive.linux.duke.edu/cran/

Install RStudio¶

Download and install the appropriate version for your operating system from https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/

Install Jupyter¶

Download and install the appropriate version for your operating system from http://continuum.io/downloads

Install the R kernel for Jupyter¶

This is the most complex step and you might need a little help from a programmer friend to decipher the instructions.

Follow the instructions for your operating system at https://github.com/IRkernel/IRkernel

Some people rerpot issues with the OS X installation - if you run into problems, see if this page helps.

Installing R Graphics packages¶

# from https://gist.github.com/stevenworthington/3178163
ipak <- function(pkg){
    new.pkg <- pkg[!(pkg %in% installed.packages()[, "Package"])]
    if (length(new.pkg))
        install.packages(new.pkg, dependencies = TRUE, repos = "http://cran.r-project.org")
    sapply(pkg, require, character.only = TRUE)
}

# usage
packages <- c("ggplot2",  "gplots", "lattice", "plyr", "reshape2",
              "RColorBrewer", "grid", "gridExtra", "igraph", "igraphdata")
suppressMessages(ipak(packages))

ggplot2: TRUE
gplots: TRUE
lattice: TRUE
plyr: TRUE
reshape2: TRUE
RColorBrewer: TRUE
grid: TRUE
gridExtra: TRUE
igraph: TRUE
igraphdata: TRUE

Check¶

If everything went well, you should be able to start the Jupyter notebook from the launhcer (see icon below). Select Launch for the IPython Notebook (same as Jupyter notebook). The New menu on the right should show both Python and R options.

from IPython.display import Image
Image(filename='launcher.png')