Some people enjoy running the RStudio “dailies”, which are daily compilations of the latest code for RStudio. Find the latest version for your operating system, download it, install it, and it will overwrite your current version. You can update RStudio by visiting the download page on the RStudio website.
It’s perhaps not surprising: unlike other pieces of software, the process of updating RStudio, R, and R packages, and it is not straightforward. This is the kind of thing that experienced R users have often internalized to the point that they often forget to articulate the steps to newcomers. And as updates are quite frequent, it is quite a hassle to check every few weeks (or even days) if there are new versions available. How do you keep your R software up to date? As far as I know, there are no automatic updates for R, RStudio and packages. A user who recently completed my Getting Started with R course sent me an email to ask a common question for those starting out with R:
