Chapter 3 Install CaRDO
The following CaRDO installation steps only need to be performed once. However, if R is re-installed, these steps will need to be performed again.
Step 1. Open RStudio
Step 2. Install the required R packages.
CaRDO relies on a few essential R packages that are not included within the CaRDO package to function properly. The required packages are Remotes, Tidyverse, Plotly & Markdown.
To install these packages, copy and paste the following code into your RStudio console and press Enter/Return.
- If you already have these packages installed, skip this step
install.packages("remotes")
install.packages("tidyverse")
install.packages("plotly")
install.packages("markdown")
Step 3. Download and install CaRDO
The CaRDO package is stored on a GitHub repository - https://github.com/CCQResearch/CaRDO. To install the CaRDO package, copy and paste the following code into your RStudio console and press Enter/Return.
- RStudio may issue a warning if you do not have RTools installed. The warning can be dismissed in this instance - RTools is not required for CaRDO.
You’ve installed CaRDO!
The next step is to launch CaRDO and begin building your dashboard. We strongly recommend new users start with our simple CaRDO Example. The CaRDO example provides a quick and structured way to explore CaRDO’s functionality using example data. Using the example data first will help you understand the process and see what’s possible before working with your own data, which will require some careful preparation to meet specific requirements. If you do not wish work through a quick example, you may skip ahead to Data Requirements and begin preparing your data.