Here is what my ~/.bash_profile looks like:Įxport RSTUDIO_WHICH_R=/Users/rjohnson/bin/brew-master/bin/RĮxport PATH=/Users/rjohnson/bin/brew-master/bin:$PATHĮxport is some other stuff in there, but the big one is that we need to point the RSTUDIO_WHICH_R environmental variable to the new version of R. There is a lot of debate as to how to properly set up ~/.bashrc & ~/.bash_profile files, but I personally only like to use one, and have the other source the other file. This will involve setting your your ~/.bashrc & ~/.bash_profile files correctly. We now have to make sure that when we call R from the terminal, it uses the brew verion of R that we just downloaded, and not another version on the computer. Next, install R by running brew install RĪssuming everying runs smoothly, you now have an updated version of R within the /Users/rjohnson/bin/brew-master/bin/R directory. This will set up everything you need for brew, including updating the various packages, and setting your PATH so that you can call brew from any directory.Move into the /Users/rjohnson/bin/brew-master directory and run brew. Unzip the repository and then move it to the /Users/rjohnson/bin directory. Note: rjohnson is unique to my computer, will be your name if it is your personal computer.ĭownload the homebrew git repository by clicking the green Clone or Download, then Download Zip. Therefore, I installed a local version of homebrew.Ĭreate a local bin directory: mkdir /Users/rjohnson/bin. The biggest caveat avout using homebrew is that it typically installs packages to /usr/local/, but by doing that you would need admin rights. So instead, I decided to go with homebrew. I tried initially to download R from source and compile it manually but kept running into issues with the gfortran compiler. I can't gurantee that this will work for all, nor is it the best solution, but it worked and I haven't had any issues yet. This was by far the hardest part of the process, and my solution is one way that worked best for me.

This is my solution to install R and RStudio without administrative rights on a Mac running OSX 10.12.6. Personally, I use R and RStudio A LOT and it's important that I have a working version that can be easily installed and updated. If you do not have administrative privledges on you computer, it can be very difficult to get various software packages installed and working properly. Installing R and RStudio without Admin Rights

Downloading r and r studio