Installing Packages

Lesson in the R Programming Roadmap · Stage 1: Introduction

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Installing Packages?

Installing packages adds functionality to R beyond what comes built in, using the base function install.packages() to download and install from CRAN. Running install.packages("dplyr"), for example, fetches the dplyr package and its dependencies. This is the most basic and common way to extend R with new capabilities.

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Installing Packages: common questions

Can I learn Installing Packages in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Installing Packages in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Installing Packages tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 5 of 129 in the free R Programming roadmap, in stage 1, Introduction. If you are new to R Programming, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.