IPSUR - Installation
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Installation Instructions
The IPSUR textbook is a package vignette distributed via the CRAN
contributed package, IPSUR. Do the following to get up and running
with the IPSUR package.
Download the latest version of R
Choose a link below to download the latest version of R for your
operating system from CRAN:
Windows - http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
MacOS X - http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/
Linux - http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/
- Windows Installation Tip: click the
.exeprogram file to start installation. When it asks for "Customized startup options", specify Yes. In the next window, be sure to select the SDI (single-window) option.
Install the IPSUR package
Launch R and type the following at the command prompt ">":
install.packages("IPSUR", dependencies = TRUE)
Load the IPSUR package
Once IPSUR is downloaded and installed, it must be loaded into R.
Load the package with the library function:
library(IPSUR)
and finally launch your PDF viewer with
read(IPSUR)
Installation of the development version
IPSUR development is hosted on GNU Savannah. Clone the entire
Savannah revision history via Git with:
$ git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/ipsur.git
To build IPSUR yourself, or a modified copy, first install the
bookdown package in R. Next, use RStudio to start a New
Project... with pkg/inst/doc as the root folder. The source code
for all chapters is located in the pkg/inst/doc/Rmd directory. Make
your changes, and Build Book.