Getting ready

To install an IDE, the first step is to install base R; that is, you need to make sure R has been installed prior to installing RStudio IDE. RStudio is an open source and enterprise-ready professional software for R. Now, let's take a look at the following few steps to download and install RStudio IDE:

1. To download open source components of RStudio IDE, visit the web page at https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/.

1. From this link, choose RStudio for desktop and download the executable file. The latest version of RStudio is 1.0.136 at the time of the preparation of this recipe. Select an appropriate executable file from the list that matches with your operating system: