[R] Getting started help

[Mark Difford]

Hi Rthoughts,

It isn't clear what you mean.  When you install R, the installation program
usually puts an icon on your desktop that you can click on to run the
program.  So, if you don't have that, but have installed R, and what you
mean is, "How do I start the R program?" or "How do I run R?" then do the
following:

Go to the directory where R has been installed.  If necessary, use your file
manager to find the file named Rgui.exe.  When you have found it, execute it
to start an R session.  (Rgui.exe usually lives in something like:
...\Program Files\R\bin\)

Later you will find out how to set this all up properly.  Usually the
installation program does a faultless job.

HTH,
Mark.


Rthoughts wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Thank you for your reply. There is one link I haven't come across, the
> last one. I have seen them but I couldn't find where 'how to start R' is
> explained for Windows platforms.
> 
> I will look further into them.
> 
> As for everyone else who sent e-mails, thank you. I have printed them out
> and will look into them.
> 
> 
> Mark Difford wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Rthoughts,
>> 
>>>> I am currently discouraged by the use of r. I cannot figure out how to
>>>> use it despite
>>>> extensive searches. Can anyone help me with getting started? How can
>>>> import 
>>>> a txt file with series...
>> 
>> There are piles of documents that you could (and should) read.  I am
>> surprised that you haven't found them in your extensive searches.  To set
>> your thoughts free, go here:
>> 
>> http://www.r-project.org/
>> http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html    ## read the first one, and
>> whatever else you need
>> 
>> Then click on CRAN, and choose a mirror site (nearby), say:
>> http://cran.za.r-project.org/
>> 
>> Then go:
>> http://cran.za.r-project.org/other-docs.html
>> 
>> and start at the top.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Mark.
>> 
>> PS: It might help you in your future enquiries if you used a real name,
>> and if you called R R rather than r (since your keyboard clearly doesn't
>> have a broken R ;).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rthoughts wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello, I need to learn to use r-software for my PhD research project
>>> involving long timelines of radon radiation variations.
>>> 
>>> I am using windows.
>>> 
>>> I am currently discouraged by the use of r. I cannot figure out how to
>>> use it despite extensive searches. Can anyone help me with getting
>>> started? How can import a txt file with series of numbers from the RAD7
>>> machine? How can I open up and set directories with the imported file or
>>> to start a new r session?
>>> 
>>> Thank you so much if you can help.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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