r-windows-paths

Example versions · Configure and verify

R · Rtools · TinyTeX · MiKTeX · Pandoc · Quarto · Git

Essential R command-line tool paths on Windows. This information can help setting up the PATH environment variable for seamless command-line access.

Example versions

Some of the paths below are specific to the installed software version. We use these software version examples:

• R 4.5.1
• Rtools45
• RStudio Desktop 2025.09.1+401

Key paths

R

R.exe and Rscript.exe for running R CMD build and R CMD check.

R release version 4.5.1:

C:\Program Files\R\R-4.5.1\bin

R-devel:

C:\Program Files\R\R-devel\bin

Rtools

C/C++/Fortran toolchain for building R and R packages from source.

Contains gcc, g++, gfortran:

C:\rtools45\x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix\bin

Contains Texinfo (texi2dvi, texi2pdf) required by R CMD check, and GNU Make (make) required for building R from source:

C:\rtools45\usr\bin

TinyTeX

TeX distribution binaries for LaTeX support.

Contains pdflatex required by R CMD check and for building R from source.

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\TinyTeX\bin\windows

MiKTeX

TeX distribution binaries for LaTeX support.

Contains pdflatex required by R CMD check and for building R from source.

MiKTeX installed via choco install miktex or standalone installer (all users):

C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64

MiKTeX installed via standalone installer (current user):

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64

Pandoc

pandoc installed via choco install pandoc or standalone installer:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Pandoc

pandoc distributed with RStudio Desktop (installer):

C:\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin\tools

pandoc distributed with RStudio Desktop (zip):

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\RStudio-2025.09.1-401\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin\tools

pandoc distributed with Quarto installed via choco install quarto:

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\quarto\tools\bin\tools

pandoc distributed with Quarto installed via Quarto standalone installer:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin\tools

Quarto

Quarto installed via choco install quarto:

C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\quarto\tools\bin

Quarto installed via Quarto standalone installer:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs\Quarto\bin

Quarto distributed with RStudio Desktop (installer):

C:\Program Files\RStudio\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin

Quarto distributed with RStudio Desktop (zip):

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\RStudio-2025.09.1-401\resources\app\bin\quarto\bin

Git

For interacting with Git repositories.

Git for Windows installed via choco install git or standalone installer:

C:\Program Files\Git\cmd

Configure and verify

1. Locate the paths on your system.
   • Open File Explorer and navigate to the directories listed above.
   • Verify that the paths exist and contain the expected executables.
2. Add relevant paths to your system’s PATH environment variable and verify the setup.
   • For a step-by-step guide with screenshots, see how to set the PATH environment variable in Windows.

Now you should be able to use R and its associated tools from the CLI without specifying full paths.