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How to install R?

R is a programming language and a free software. It is used by statisticians, data analysts, data engineers (in addition to the desktop edition, a server edition is available), and data scientists.

https://www.r-project.org/about.html

R needs an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), let’s simplify: it requires a graphical user interface: RStudio is advised https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/

One video about R and RStudio installation:

R is provided with a « core content ». An additional content is available in the form of packages.

You can start with only 2 packages:

  • data.table: for dealing efficiently and quicky with a lot of tabular data
  • ggplot2: as graphical tool

A link explaining the installation of packages: https://www.r-bloggers.com/installing-r-packages/

How to install NetLogo?

The homepage is: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/

You can directly download NetLogo at this address: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/download.shtml

Then you can choose your version: