Installation Guide

Setting up a computer to do computational / statistical resarch is often an intimidating first step. We provide a step-by-step set of instructions for participants on how to install all of the required software for the course. Our instructions provide details for Windows, Mac and Ubuntu flavoured Linux machines.

We use these instructions ourselves when setting up our machines. Let us know if you find the instructions useful for your own work.

If you find errors or explanations that lack clarity, drop us a short email (see Contact page) or post an issue on the respective Github pages listed below and we'll do our best to add some clarifiying information.

Current Installation Guides

• Current Version: click here.
  • Installation Issues - tells us about them.

Archived Installation Guides

We archive all versions of the installation guide so that participants in previous editions have access to how to set up the environment they used during the course.

• The 2022 Installation Guide is here
• The 2021 Installation Guide is here
• The 2020 Installation Guide is here
• The 2019 Foundations Installation Guide is here
• The 2018 Installation Guide is here
• The 2017 Installation Guide is here.
  • We recommend that 2016 participants use this version. The topics are essentially unchanged but the clarity in instructions is much improved.