Prerequisites

Published

14 July, 2025

Pre-course instructions for participants

You do not need any prior experience of R or RStudio.

There are Windows PCs at the venue and you are not required to bring your own machine. Participants from outside of York will be provided with a temporary IT account. However, if you prefer to work on your own machine please install the following prior to attending:

  • R version 4.4.1 or higher:https://cloud.r-project.org/
  • RStudio Version: 2024.12.1+563 or higher: https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/
  • These R packages from CRAN: tidyverse, devtools. Once you have installed R and RStudio, start RStudio up and go to the Packages tab in the bottom right pane; click Install and type the name of the package you want to install in the box that appears. Then wait until you get the cursor (>) back in the console window.
  • TinyTeX: Once you have installed R and RStudio, start RStudio up and go to the Terminal (lower left, behind the console) and type: quarto install tinytex and press enter.