[R] System Requirements

[Duncan Murdoch]

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though like any documentation, it can get out of date without anyone 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
> 
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