In IBAHCM/RPiR: Reproducible Programming in R

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Check that R and RStudio are up to date

You'll need to do a few things before we can start the course. First you need to check you have up-to-date versions of R and RStudio. This means that R should be at least version 4. You can check by typing this in R:

```{R, eval = FALSE} version$major >= 4

If this is `FALSE`, download and install a new version from
https://www.r-project.org. Then install these packages:

```{R, eval = FALSE}
install.packages(c('devtools', 'rstudioapi'))

If you find yourself stuck in a loop of asking you to restart R, then it's okay to say no.

Then check whether RStudio is up to date:

```{R, eval = FALSE}

Load the rstudioapi library and check RStudio version

library(rstudioapi) isAvailable("1.4")

which is equivalent to

rstudioapi::isAvailable("1.4")

> Note that `rstudioapi::xxx()` means *"find the `xxx()` function in the `rstudioapi` package"*.

If `FALSE`, download and install the latest version of [RStudio Desktop][rstudio]
and check this has worked by running the above again.

Next, check you are now ready to build R packages:

```{R, eval = FALSE}
# Load the devtools library and check whether compilers are installed
library(devtools)
has_devel()

# which is equivalent to
devtools::has_devel()

If this is FALSE or errors, then you will need to follow instructions given by the function or ask for help until this works.

Finally install these packages:

{R, eval = FALSE} install.packages(c('rdiversity', 'vegan', 'iNEXT'))

IBAHCM/RPiR documentation built on Jan. 12, 2023, 7:41 p.m.