Testing Installations


Once everything is installed, follow the instructions below to test your installation.

1. Open RStudio

RStudio should be accessible from the start menu. Start up RStudio. Once running, it should look something like:

RStudio Window


2. Find “Console” window

By default the console window will be on the left side of RStudio. Find that window. It will looking something like:

RStudio Console


3. Copy and paste the code

Click in the window and paste in the code from below:

version$version.string

It should say (or slightly older version OK)…

## [1] "R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)"

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