Create 2 directories
in My Documents (usually on the Desktop) called
myrlib and rmain (Case sensitive)
Create a copy
of the R shortcut by right clicking and select
copy, then paste it in My Documents/rmain directory
Right click the
new R shortcut and select properties.
The location
of Rgui.exe must be in the Target Location Box.
To check this right click on R-Icon and then left
click on Properties. You should see "C:\Program
Files\R\R-2.6.2\bin\Rgui.exe" in the Target Field
under the Shortcut tab.
I add --sdi My Target Location looks like this:
"C:\ProgramFiles\R\R-2.6.2\bin\Rgui.exe" --sdi
The Start In
Box must contain the complete path to rmain folder---for
this example
"C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents\rmain
".
Download sand_1.3.zip
and dotFirst.R
(Error in dotFirst.R
corrected on 16May07) by right clicking
on each link, selecting "save target as"
and then place these files in the My Documents/rmain
folder. REPLACE dotFirst.R if asked.
If you DO NOT
HAVE WRITE PERMISSION in R program folder Open
dotFirst.R under
Notepad or Wordpad and replace path_to
on line 9 with
your own path.
FOR THIS EXAMPLE path_to is "C:/Documents and
Settings/User Name/My Documents/Myrlib"
If you DO HAVE WRITE PERMISSION Open dotfirst.R
and change write to TRUE in line 1 and sand will
be installed in the standard R library folder
(see comments in dotfirst.R
for details).
If you have sand Version 1.0 or 1.1 installed
change update to TRUE on line 1 in dotfirst.R
Save the changes and close Notepad.
Now run R by
double clicking on the R-Icon in My
Documents/rmain folder.
Left click on
File in upper left corner (see below) of the R
Console and select Source R code.
Left click on dotfirst.R
and then left click on the Open Box (lower right).
Once dotfirst.R is
sourced in type: .First(TRUE)
and press
[Enter] on the R command
line. This will remove the old version of sand(if
there is one), install the new sand package (Version
1.1) and attach it to the current session.
If you exit R the next time you run R the .First
function will run and attach the sand package (see
step l below).
To access the help
menu for the SAND package type the name of the function
or dataset you are interested in preceded by a ?
For example in the R console type
?IH.Summary and press [Enter]
will open the help file and give examples at the
bottom on how to utilize this function. Type
?sand [Enter]
will open the help file for sand package-- see also
Item 4 on main page.
To end the R session
select Exit from the file menu or type q()
and press [Enter] after
the prompt. BE SURE TO ANSWER Yes to the question
"Save workspace image"