Install the package by double-clicking on it and working through the prompts.As of this post, it’s R-3.2.2.pkg and the direct URL is If you’re on a recent version of OS X, download the first.

Since this colleague uses OS X, I offered to put together instructions for how to get R & RStudio installed and finally had 5 minutes to crank out a blog post to help the broader community with the information. Hopefully this will becomre a top priority for the R Consortium. Prior to these experiences, I never really stopped to consider just how less friendly the installation process of R is when compared to Excel, Tableau or other apps one might use for data analysis and visualization. I recently had a similar experience helping folks who use Windows get R & RStudio up and running and that’s even more of a nightmare, especially if you do not have Administrator privileges (or, perhaps I just scare easily). They noted that getting up and running with R was not as seamless as one would like it to be and, to be honest, I have to agree, especially after typing the rest of this post out. I was in a conversation with an academic colleague (wicked smart dude) and the subject of installing R came up (NOTE: this will happen to you, too, if you ever have the misfortune to have a face-to-face convo with me -).

Some excellent additional advice and “gotchas” by some super-helpful readers. NOTE: The comments are a must read for this.

Installing blossom for r mac os x