Getting started

Start by installing rig. Then pick the walkthrough that fits you; each one takes you from your first R installation with rig, to running R and installing packages.

See Admin mode vs user mode for more details on the two modes and how to pick between them.

1. As an R user
   rig installs everything into your home directory (user mode) and does not need an administrator account. Use it if you have no administrator rights, or do not want R in system directories. It is a newer mode, and less tested than admin mode, especially on Linux.

2. As an R admin
   R is installed system-wide (admin mode) and shared by everyone on the machine. You need an administrator account to do this, and rig asks for your password when it needs to. This is rig’s default mode, and the better tested one.

3. Migrating to user mode
   You already have an admin-mode rig setup and want to move it into your home directory.