How to install R package tidytext in an Anaconda R environment in Mac terminal – for conducting text mining with R in Jupyter Notebook

Follow these steps to install R package “tidytext” for your Anaconda R environment in Mac terminal, which is fast and convenient for R language learners and programers.

Step 1: Open the terminal in Mac.

  • In the Finder , open the /Applications/Utilities folder, then double-click Terminal.

Step 2: Type the following command in your Mac terminal to activate your Anaconda R environment.

  • Make sure to replace your own Anaconda R environment name with “r_envi_name” used in this example.

conda activate r_envi_name

Step 3: Type the following command in terminal to install the R package “tidytext” for your R environment.

conda install -c r r-tidytext

Step 4 (optional): Type the following command to check if this R package “tidytext” has been successfully installed.

conda list

Step 5 (optional): Type the following command in terminal to open your Anaconda Jupyter notebook to use R with package “tidytext” properly installed.

jupyter notebook