# Install r with Homebrew

Software environment for statistical computing. Version 4.6.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:r
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install r
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:r
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.6.1
- **Source summary:** Software environment for statistical computing
- **Homepage:** <https://www.r-project.org/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T02:54:12Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- R (alias)
- Rscript (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.6.1

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ./.Renviron, ~/.Renviron, $R_HOME/etc/Renviron.site, ./.Rprofile, ~/.Rprofile, $R_HOME/etc/Rprofile.site

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/r.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/r.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation