Using rpix with an IDE

Although it is possible to run R directly in the terminal, R is most commonly used with an “interactive development environment” (IDE). The most common IDE for R users is RStudio, but other options exist such as VS Code or, more recently, Positron.

As most IDEs are not available (or up-to-date) as conda packages, we recommend using a global installation. That can be either from the provider, or a package manager such as homebrew (macOS).

RStudio

Windows

pixi run rstudio

macOS

pixi run open -a rstudio

Linux

pixi run rstudio

It is also possible to create a task, a shorthand, for opening RStudio. First, add the following to tasks in pixi.toml:

[tasks]
rstudio = "open -a rstudio"

VSCode

Positron