R / Download and install for students, faculty, and staff

Objective

• To provide access to download R for student, faculty and staff use on their work or personal computer

Environment

• 984802: R
• Software for Personally Owned Computers
• Software for University Owned Computers

Rationale

• R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modeling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, etc) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible
• More information about R can be found here

Resolution

Employee: Windows

1. Click Start, then begin typing Software Center to search for the Software Center application. Select Software Center from the search results 
   • Note: If Software Center is missing from your work computer, request it using the button on the right
2. Ensure that the Available Software tab is selected
3. Select a software title and then click the Install button
4. Watch the Status column to view the software's installation status. Larger software packages may take a while to install

Employee: Mac

1. Navigate to the Application folder on your Mac
2. Open the Self Service application (If the Self Service application is missing from your computer, request it using the Request Self Service button on this page)
3. Click R to install. The software will begin installing automatically

Students: Mac/Windows

• Visit https://www.r-project.org/ for installation media and instructions