In this chapter, you will be exposed to the recipes on how to install and configure R and its libraries in Windows and Linux platforms. Specifically, you will come across the following recipes:

• Installing and configuring base R in Windows
• Installing and configuring base R in Linux
• Installing and configuring RStudio IDE in Windows
• Installing and configuring RStudio IDE in Linux
• Installing and configuring R tools for Visual Studio in Windows
• Installing R libraries from various sources
• Installing a specific version of R library