R Programming By Example

macOS High Sierra

The first thing you need to do is to install Xcode (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/). To do so, you need to open the App store in your computer, search for Xcode, and install it. If you have any development work with your macOS, it's probable that you already have it installed as it's a basic dependency for most development under macOS.

Next, I recommend that you use the excellent Homebrew package manager (https://brew.sh/). It's the closest you can get to a tool like apt-get in Ubuntu. To install it, you need to execute the following line in your Terminal. Note that the actual URL in the command may change, and you should make sure it matches the one shown in Homebrew's website.

The following command is split using the ...