2 Preparation for Workshop

Please follow the instructions in this section prior to attending the 2020 NABs conference.

2.1 Install R and R Studio

Please install R and R Studio by following the links below.

Software	Link
R	https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
R Studio	https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download

2.2 Updating Software and Packages

2.2.1 R

For Windows Operating Systems, run the following code in the RGui, NOT in R Studio. The RGui should be installed when you install R. On my Windows machine, I access RGui by clicking on the R program file– my current file name is “R x64 3.6.2”.

Once you have the RGui open, copy and paste the R code below into the R Console window. Make sure R Studio is closed before running this code within the RGui. Hit enter once to install the installr package. Hit enter a second time to run the installer package function updateR() and follow the instructions.

This code was copied from: https://www.r-statistics.com/2013/03/updating-r-from-r-on-windows-using-the-installr-package/).

# installing/loading the package:
if(!require(installr)) {
install.packages("installr");
require(installr)
} #load / install+load installr

# using the package:
updateR()

2.2.2 R Studio

1. Open R Studio
2. Click on “Help” on the toolbar
3. Click on “Check for Updates”
4. Follow instructions

2.2.3 R-Packages

1. Open R Studio
2. Click on “Tools” on the toolbar
3. Click on “Check for Package Updates…”
4. Follow instructions

2.2.3.1 Packages for the Workshop

Please run the following code within R Studio to make sure you have all of necessary packages for this workshop installed.

1. Open R Studio
2. Copy the following code

package.vec <- c("tidyverse", "lubridate",
                 "knitr", "rmarkdown", "markdown", "bookdown", "caTools", "bitops",
                 "DT", "leaflet", "shiny", "jsonlite", "plotly",
                 "data.table", "rprojroot", "viridis")

install.packages(package.vec)

3. Paste the code into the Console within R Studio
4. Hit Enter
   • If prompted with “Do you want to restart R prior to installing?”, select “Yes”
   • If prompted again then select “No”
5. The packages should begin to install. This may take some time.