Download for Windows for link below:
Once the installation is completed you will have both 32bit and 64 bit binaries are installed as below:
- RR-2.15.2binx64
- RR-2.15.2bini386
After Launching the R shell from the default shortcut, R 32bit will start in the new window as below:
If you want to launch R 64bit binaries you would need to visit the binx64 folder and then launch R GUI as below:
RR-2.15.2binx64Rgui.exe
You can also launch R command line version by launching R.exe as below:
RR-2.15.2binx64R.exe
So lets run some commands in R GUI windows:
| >dir() | By default this command will return the the directory list @ C:Users<login_user_name>Documents |
| Note: You can change the working directory location by configuring “File –> Change Dir” option in top menu. | |
| >demo() | This command will list of all demos located in R Base Package |
| >demo(package = .packages(all.available = TRUE)) | This command will list all the demos in all available packages |
| >help() | This command will launch HTML help documentation in default browser: http://127.0.0.1:31397/library/utils/html/help.html Note: During installation there is a setting to setup HTML/TXT based help so if you ran installation manual you can change this setting during setup time. |
| >help.start() | This command will launch the help main page as below: http://127.0.0 |
| >??_command_name >??add |
This command will open the browser to show the help on “add” specific commands as below: http://127.0.0.1:25915/doc/html/Search?pattern=add |
