Installing BRugs on a Windows machine

Please note: These instructions are for R 2.11.1, which I realize is not the most recent release of R.

1. Download and install R
   

   First, choose a mirror near you. Then go to
   http://YOUR FAVORITE MIRROR HERE/bin/windows/base/old/2.11.1
   and click "Download R 2.11.1 for Windows (33 megabytes, 32 bits)". Don't get the 64-bit version!

   Save the .exe file someplace you will remember, then run this executable file and follow the installation instructions.

2. Install the coda package (this is a dependency for BRugs)
   

   Run the R 2.11.1 program you just installed. In the console, type:
   install.packages('coda')
   It will prompt you to choose a mirror, pick one near you.

   When it finishes installing the package, it should say:
   package 'coda' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

3. Download and install BRugs
   

   Go to the contributed code page of the OpenBugs project site and click "Download BRugs binary package for Windows: R version 2.11 BRugs_0.6-1R11.zip".
   Save the .zip file somewhere you will remember.

   You may now need to rename the file from
   BRugs_0.6-1R11.zip
   to
   BRugs_0.6-0.zip

   In R 2.11.1, from the menu bar choose
   Packages > Install packages from local .zip files
   and choose the .zip you just downloaded (and possibly renamed).

   When it finishes installing the package, it should say
   package 'BRugs' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked

   In the console, type
   library(BRugs)
   to load the newly installed package.