System Requirements
I don't know the answer to your main question, but if you're interested in knowing when that was written, you can see here https://github.com/wch/r-source/blame/trunk/doc/manual/R-FAQ.texi for the main FAQ, and here: https://github.com/wch/r-source/blame/trunk/doc/manual/rw-FAQ.texi for the Windows FAQ. The particular entries you were asking about were in the Windows FAQ and most recently updated 5 years ago (2.24) or 4 months ago (2.2). So there's a good chance that 2.2 is still valid, though like any documentation, it can get out of date without anyone noticing. If you do find that R fails to run on Windows 7, you should like R Core know. Duncan Murdoch
On 21/08/2020 1:52 p.m., Firpo, Mike via R-help wrote:
Hello, Reading the FAQ, I'm confused about whether R 4.0.2 is tested on Windows 7. I found the following:
2.24 Does R run under Windows Vista/7/8/Server 2008? It does. ...
2.2 How do I install R for Windows? Current binary versions of R are known to run on Windows 7 or later, including on 64-bit versions: See Can I use R on 64-bit Windows?. Windows > XP is no longer supported. We only test on versions of Windows currently supported by Microsoft, mainly 64-bit Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 10. ...
There is no indication what date these questions and answers were posted. If it's true that R is only tested on supported versions of Windows, that would exclude Vista and Windows 7. The download site doesn't mention operating system requirements. Does 4.0.2 work on Windows 7? Thank you, Mike [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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