diff --git a/02-getting_started.Rmd b/02-getting_started.Rmd index 50554a4..7c27b6e 100644 --- a/02-getting_started.Rmd +++ b/02-getting_started.Rmd @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ The `r-devel` is the next minor or eventually major release development version 2. Click on the download links to download an executable installer. -3. Select the language while installing, read the public license information, and select destination location to the start the installation. You will be prompted to select components at this stage: `User installation`, `32-bit User installation`, `64-bit User installation`, or `Custom installation`. The default option may be opted for the questions from this step onwards to complete the installation. +3. Select the language while installing, read the public license information, and select the destination location to start the installation. You will be prompted to select components at this stage: `User installation`, `32-bit User installation`, `64-bit User installation`, or `Custom installation`. The default option may be opted for the questions from this step onwards to complete the installation. ## Building R and R packages -### What tools you need to build R from source on Windows? +### What tools do you need to build R from source on Windows? 1. [RTools](https://github.com/r-windows/docs/blob/master/faq.md#what-is-rtools) is the toolchain bundle that you can use to build R base and R packages containing compiled code, on Windows. @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ To build R for Windows using `RTools` follow the instructions in this [README](h For development and testing, you need only the quick development build. The quick build avoids building the manuals, which are generally not needed for development and testing. -However, even for the quick build there are some [default requirements](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/master/quick-build.sh). For instance, MikTeX is to be installed in `C:/Program Files` and you have 64-bit R. If necessary, these defaults can be customised. The installation path of MikTex can be customised [here](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/50a229fc76c50a5fb42c0daa367466aaf2318171/quick-build.sh#L13) whereas the Windows bit can be customised [here](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/50a229fc76c50a5fb42c0daa367466aaf2318171/quick-build.sh#L6). +However, even for the quick build there are some [default requirements](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/master/quick-build.sh). For instance, MiKTeX is to be installed in `C:/Program Files` and you have 64-bit R. If necessary, these defaults can be customised. The installation path of MiKTeX can be customised [here](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/50a229fc76c50a5fb42c0daa367466aaf2318171/quick-build.sh#L13) whereas the Windows bit can be customised [here](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/50a229fc76c50a5fb42c0daa367466aaf2318171/quick-build.sh#L6). If you are a maintainer of the Windows CRAN releases then, the full installer build is available for building the complete installer as it appears on CRAN. It will build both the 32-bit and 64-bit R, the pdf manuals, and the installer program. You will use this to create the binary builds and not when building R from the source yourself.