akd-io/r-notebook-example

R Jupyter Notebooks in VS Code on MacOS

Setup from scratch

• Install Homebrew

• Install VS Code using brew install --cask visual-studio-code

  • Install the R extension

  • Install the Jupyter extension

• Install Python

  • Install using brew install python

• Set up your project

  • mkdir r-notebook-example

  • cd example

  • Create a virtual Python environment

    • Install using python3 -m venv env

    • Activate using source env/bin/activate

  • Install Jupyter using pip3 install jupyter

• Install R using brew install r

  • Install the R kernel for Jupyter by running R to open R and then running:

    install.packages('IRkernel')
    IRkernel::installspec(user = FALSE)  # Installs the kernel system-wide
    

• Open your project in VS Code

  • code .

  • Create and open a new file called example.ipynb

  • Add the following code:

    print("Hello, world!")

  • Select the R kernel in the top right

  • Run the code by clicking "Run All" in the top left