RStudio installation on Windows 10/11

Motivation

Whether working or studying everybody uses various sorts and types of software on their computer. Students taking Statistical Courses, as taught by the Mathematical and Statistical Methods group at Wageningen University & Research, will most likely use R. Some of these courses (e.g. MAT-20306, MAT-32806, and MAT-50303) mainly use RStudio. Also other courses (e.g. HNH-31506 and BIF-51306) taught at Wageningen University & Research use R via RStudio as well. Therefore, students will need to be able to install RStudio.

Two ways to install R are offered here:

1. WUR AppStore. This is the RECOMMENDED way!
2. Manual installation for those who, for whatever reason, do not want to use the WUR AppStore.

1. WUR AppStore

The WUR AppStore is the place where you will be able to download, link to, or virtually access the software you need for your study programme and courses. Not only during, but also for self-study after, the computer practical’s and courses.

Prior requirement for the installation of RStudio via the WUR AppStore:

• R installed on Windows 10/11 via the WUR AppStore

The WUR AppStore currently contains RStudio version 2023.06.1 Build 524 under the name RStudio 2023.06.1.524.

2. Manual Installation

Download

At the time this post was written, the latest stable release of RStudio was version 1.2.5033. The post has been updated to the current stable release version 2023.09.0 Build 463 (named “Desert Sunflower”).

Download RStudio using the following link: RStudio 2023.09.0 Build 463 (ca. 212.48 MB)

For newer versions of RStudio the steps described after the download are the same, but starting with a newer version of the RStudio executable file.

RStudio Installation

Prior requirement for the installation of RStudio:

• R installed on Windows 10/11 via Manual Installation

To be able to install RStudio you will need to have R installed first. If you haven’t done so already, please first install R on your Windows 10/11 computer (use the link above to go to that specific post).

To install RStudio on Windows 10/11 perform the following steps:

1. Open the downloaded file RStudio-2023.09.0-463.exe. This file will most likely reside in the Downloads folder of your user account.
2. Allow to install the software on your computer.
3. After the installler has started, a Welcome window will appear as displayed below in Figure 1. Click the ‘Next’ button to proceed.

4. Now the RStudio Setup will allow you to select the installation location by selecting a destination folder, as shown in Figure 2 below. Leave the default specified folder or, if you know what you are doing, select an alternative installation destination folder, then click the ‘Next’ button to continue.

5. Next the RStudio Setup allows choosing a Start Menu folder, as displayed below in Figure 3, where the RStudio shortcut to start the program will be put. Click on ‘Install’ to start the installation of RStudio.

6. Once the installation of RStudio has finished, the window will look like the one shown below in Figure 4. Click the ‘Finish’ button to close the setup.