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Install R and RServe

Install R and RServe

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Install R and RServe

- [Instructor] So, when it comes to installing R, you can get the download from r-project.org, look for the link that says CRAN or download, find the mirror that is closest to you. I'm in California, so I'll scroll all the way to the bottom where USA is and I'll choose that. Then choose the platform. And I'm going to demo this on Windows but I've tested it also on the Mac and it's almost the exact same experience. So, if you have either of those platforms, all the demos I'm going to show you here should be pretty similar. In fact, they almost should be the exact same. So, once you download the installer, just go ahead and double click that and install it, and you're good to go with R itself. Now, to install Rserve, which is what you need to do the integration with tableau, you're going to have to open R. So, once you do that, come back and continue here and you can start right here in the R console. I just launched it, and again, this console should look the same on Windows and the…

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