How to Install R commander
- The pre-requisite for running / installing R commander is the installation of R
- To install R, follow these steps (link)
- You install the R Commander on your computer by installing the Rcmdr package within R.
- Packages are nothing but how R organizes its functionality
- Open R program on your computer / laptop
- If you’re using the Windows or Mac versions of R, double-click the R icon on the desktop, or find the R program under the start menu.
- This will start R in a new console window with a command line subwindow.
- You must have administrative rights to your laptop/computer
- At the command line prompt, which is denoted by the greater than symbol, >, type the following command and then press the ENTER key.
- install.packages(“Rcmdr”, dependencies = TRUE), NOTE: R is case-sensitive.
- the dependencies = TRUE portion of the code above installs the Rcmdr package and all of its dependencies automatically.
- If the installation of the Rcmdr package is successful, you should be returned to a new command line prompt (i.e. >) in your R console window.
- Check Rcmdr package was installed properly
- library(Rcmdr)