Installation instructions (these instructions are for installation on a Windows machine). The most recent version is R 2.13.0 (as of April 29, 2011). Go to http://cran.us.r-project.org/ Under “Download and Install R”, click on Windows (or your operating system), on the next page click on base, then click on Download R 2.13.0 for Windows, saving the installation file to your hard drive in an accessible location.
Double-click on the R-2.13.0-win.exe installer to begin installation.
Choose the language and click on OK Click on Next > Click on Next > Instead of the default Program Files directory, install into the C drive (e.g., C:\R\R-2.13.0) and click Next >
Select the components you want to install (the pdf help
files aren’t necessary, but might be useful if you have the disk space), then
click Next > Accept default startup options and click Next > Click Next > Click Next > (uncheck “Create a desktop icon” if you don’t want a shortcut on your desktop), and the program will be installed. Finally, click on Finish To launch your R session, either double-click the shortcut on your desktop, or go to Start->Program Files->R->R 2.13.0 |