Adding R scripting to your installation

Two big installation platforms are macOS and Windows. There are separate but similar steps for making R scripting available in your Jupyter installation.

Adding R scripts to Jupyter on macOS

If you are operating on macOS, you can add R Scripting using the following command:

conda install -c r r-essentials 

This will start off with a large installation of the R environment, which contains a number of common packages:

bos-mpdc7:~ dtoomey$ conda install -c r r-essentials 
Fetching package metadata: ...... 
Solving package specifications: ......... 
 
Package plan for installation in environment /Users/dtoomey/miniconda3: 

The following packages will be downloaded:

    package          ...