Installation Guide

These pages should help you to get started setting up the computing environment on your machine ready for the course "Programming Practices for Research in Economics: Foundations" at the University of Zurich in Winter 2019.

Please attempt to install necessary software and packages prior to the beginning of the course.

Summary

  • If everything goes smoothly, you should be able to complete the installation in one sitting within 60 minutes.
  • Please follow the steps one-by-one in the order they appear on the side bar and do not deviate from them, unless you really know what you are doing.
  • If you find any outdated links or unclear descriptions, email us at pp4rs.contact@gmail.com so that we can update the instructions or clarify as needed.
  • Where necessary, we have provided instructions for Mac, Windows and Linux machines.