R Programming - Environment Setup in Windows to run "Hello World" program

R Programming configuration for Windows machine

Ensure your system was already loaded with the R distribution. To check that open the command prompt and execute the command R --version, it will show the installed R's version in the command prompt only if exist otherwise download it from the official site and install it manually.

1. Visit the official website to download the R Programming and install as per below instructions.
2. Install the R distribution in the following default directory C:\Program Files\R\R-3.6.1 and you can move the R distribution to another location as per your wish.
3. Check the R Programming is updated the Environment Variable or not, by opening the command prompt and execute the command R --version. It will show the installed R's version otherwise follow the below steps to setup the environment variable path.

Set Path of R installation folder in Windows system environment variables

1. Copy the path of the R installation folder

2. Open the Environment variable dialog using the Windows Run. Press Win + R and run the command rundll32.exe sysdm.cpl,EditEnvironmentVariables

or open the Environment variable by windows search using the search text environment variable

3. Select the Path variable and click the Edit which is under User Variable

4. Click the New button and add the path C:\Program Files\R\R-3.6.1\bin and finally click the Ok button.

5. Open the new command prompt and execute the command R --version, it will show the installed R's version.

6. R Programming configuration succussfully completed, let try our first R program in the next chapter.