#Install r studio chromebook how to#
#Install r studio chromebook .exe#
#Install r studio chromebook archive#

It’s all just a description of a beta feature of Chrome OS and some Linux commands, but the results are still pretty cool.

#Install r studio chromebook how to#

We’ll go through how to install it in a moment, but I just wanted to start by saying that there are no real tricks in any of this. So well in fact, that I thought I’d see if I could install the desktop version of RStudio on it, just for fun. It’s only a beta at the minute, but it seems to work really well. Chrome OS itself is actually based on Linux, but it’s not really exposed to the user. Recently however, Google introduced beta support for running Linux on top of Chrome OS. I use this a lot as it’s great for editing all sorts of files, not just R and it also has a terminal and file manager so I can be extremely productive with it. I have a Chrome extension installed that handles the SSH and then I have a RStudio Server on my Linux server. There are many pros and cons to this model, but fortunately for me, a browser and an SSH terminal is pretty much all I need. Chrome OS is an operating system built around the Chrome browser. My Chromebook isn’t the newest or the most powerful, but it allows me to get stuff done and is fun to use, so I’m pretty happy with it.įor those who don’t know, a Chromebook is essentially a laptop with Google’s Chrome OS on it instead of Windows or MacOS. Outside of work I generally use a Chromebook for most stuff, along with a Linux server (with RStudio Server on it) to mess around, learn new things and work on my various personal projects. As someone who deals primarily with R infrastructure, this usually revolves around Linux and RStudio Server and the rest of R’s ecosystem. You are done! You can now delete the SDSpackage file from your desktop.I use R both inside and a outside of work quite a bit. Download SDSFoundations to your desktop (make sure it has the '.zip' extension).

#Install r studio chromebook .exe#

exe file and follow the installation instructions. Click on the version recommended for your system, or the latest Windows version, and save the executable file.Click 'Download R for Windows' and save the executable file somewhere on your computer.Click on the 'install R for the first time' link at the top of the page.Click on the 'Download R for Windows' link at the top of the page.You are done! You can now delete the SDSpackage file from your desktop. Select the SDSFoundations package file from your desktop.

#Install r studio chromebook archive#

Select install from 'Package Archive File.'.

Click on the Packages tab in the bottom right window.

Download SDSFoundations to your desktop (make sure it has the '.tgz' extension).

dmg file on your computer, double-click it to open, and then drag and drop it to your applications folder.

Click on the version recommended for your system, or the latest Mac version, save the.

Go to click on the 'Download RStudio' button.

Now that R is installed, you need to download and install RStudio.

pkg file, double-click it to open, and follow the installation instructions.

Click on the file containing the latest version of R under 'Files.'.

Click on the 'Download R for (Mac) OS X' link at the top of the page.

Select a CRAN location (a mirror site) and click the corresponding link.Click the 'download R' link in the middle of the page under 'Getting Started.'.