Download and install RKWard on Windows

Lastest official release

Installing the official release

Installation of RKWard on windows should be straight-forward: Simply download and run the appropriate installer from the link above.

Installing development snapshots

Nightly development snapshots are available from https://cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/education/rkward/master/ . Note that these are built, automatically, and provided without any human testing. Back up your data, before using these.

Using a different version of R with your RKWard installation

To use RKWard with a different version of R than contained in the package, just install that version of R, separately. Then, in RKWard select Settings->Check installation, and select that installation as the new backend.

Compiling RKWard from source on Windows

  1. Set up "craft" as detailed, here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source/Windows .
  2. run

craft -i --target=master rkward

(--target=master is optional, and means to build the development version). This should be all you need to fetch rkward and all dependencies (including R). In some cases (when - some - cached packages are not available) this may take several hours to complete.

  1. (optionally): create an installer using:

craft --package rkward

To compile for a particular version of R, use (e.g.):

craft --target=4.1.2 r-base
craft -i rkward

Notes

  • At times, compilation using craft will fail. If the build fails on the R or RKWard packages themselves, let us know on the mailing list. If the build fails at an earlier stage (qt / kdelibs / kdebase), you may want to ask for help on the KDE windows mailing list:kde-windows@kde.org.
  • To customize your installation of R or RKWard, edit / refer to the following python files
    • CRAFT\ROOT\etc\blueprints\locations\craft-blueprints-kde\extragear\rkward\rkward\rkward.py
    • CRAFT\ROOT\etc\blueprints\locations\craft-blueprints-kde\binary\_win\r-base\r-base.py