Install R Packages

These features are still newish, so caveat emptor:

1. Install the “Rtools” components for R

(py36r)> conda install m2w64-toolchain m2-make r-devtools m2-sed m2-zip m2-gzip m2-tar m2-texinfo m2-coreutils

2. Create a folder called tmp in your R conda environment’s “Library” folder

(py36r)> mkdir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Continuum\anaconda3\envs\py36r\Library\tmp

3. Use R from the Anaconda prompt or start Rstudio in from the start menu

4. Try to install r packages by searching anaconda first, but you can also install them from CRAN or from source

   • Using conda

     (py36r)> conda search ggplot
     Fetching package metadata .............
     r-ggplot2                    2.1.0                  r3.2.4_0  defaults
                                  2.1.0                  r3.3.0_0  defaults
                                  2.1.0                  r3.3.1_0  defaults
                                  2.2.0                  r3.3.1_0  defaults
                                  2.2.0                  r3.3.2_0  defaults
                                  2.2.1                  r3.4.1_0  defaults
                               *  2.2.1            r342h574d846_0  defaults
     (py36r)> conda install r-ggplot2
     

   • Using CRAN or local repo

     (py36r)> R
     R version 3.4.2 (2017-09-28) -- "Short Summer"
     Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
     Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
     > install.packages("ggplot2")
     Warning message:
     package 'ggplot2' is not available (for R version 3.4.2)
     

   • using source

     (py36r)> curl -Ok https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ggplot2_2.2.1.tar.gz
     (py36r)> R
     R version 3.4.2 (2017-09-28) -- "Short Summer"
     Copyright (C) 2017 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
     Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
     > install.packages("ggplot2_2.2.1.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")