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-# Getting Started 
-
-## Install git
-
-## Get the source code 
-
-## Compile and build
-
-### UNIX
-
-### Windows
-
-## Install dependencies
-
-### Linux
-
-### maxOS and OS X
-
-## Regenerate `configure`
-
-## Troubleshoot the build
-
-### Avoid recreating auto-generated files
-
-## Editors and Tools
-
-## Directory structure
+# Getting Started 
+
+These instructions cover how to install $\textsf{R}$ in Windows. The tools required to build $\textsf{R}$ and $\textsf{R}$ packages in Windows are also discussed.
+
+## General instructions
+
+1. If you install the latest version or R-patched or R-devel, it will not over-write the previous installation(s) in your Windows machine.
+
+2. R uses a ‘major.minor.patchlevel’ version numbering scheme. Accordingly there are three main releases of $\textsf{R}$ available to install:
+
+   * The official release (`r-release`), 
+
+   * The patched release (`r-patched`), and
+
+   * The development (`r-devel`) release. 
+
+The `r-devel` is the next minor or eventually major release development version of $\textsf{R}$. Mostly, bug fixes are introduced in `r-patched`, while `r-devel` is for introducing new features.
+
+## Installing $\textsf{R}$
+
+1. The binary builds of $\textsf{R}$ for Windows can be downloaded and installed from [here](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/). Along with the link to the latest stable release, this page also contains links to the binary builds of r-patched and r-devel. 
+
+2. Click on the download links to download an executable installer.
+
+3. Select the language while installing, read the public license information, and select destination location to the start the installation. You will be prompted to select components at this stage: `User installation`, `32-bit User installation`, `64-bit User installation`, or `Custom installation`. The default option may be opted for the questions from this step onwards to complete the installation. 
+
+## Building $\textsf{R}$ and $\textsf{R}$ packages
+
+### What tools you need to build $\textsf{R}$ from source on Windows?
+
+1. [RTools](https://github.com/r-windows/docs/blob/master/faq.md#what-is-rtools) is the toolchain bundle that you can use to build $\textsf{R}$ base and $\textsf{R}$ packages containing compiled code, on Windows.
+
+2. You also need a distribution of $\LaTeX$ installed for building $\textsf{R}$ and checking packages. The `MiKTeX` distribution of $\LaTeX$ that is used on CRAN can be downloaded from https://miktex.org.
+
+### How to setup `RTools`?
+
+1. The latest version of `RTools` can be downloaded from https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/ and run in the Windows-style installer. You will need to know if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit Windows machine (right-click `This PC` in Windows Explorer and check the properties if you are unsure).
+
+2. Don't forget to add `RTools` to the path as documented on the download page.
+
+### How to build $\textsf{R}$?
+
+To build $\textsf{R}$ for Windows using `RTools` follow the instructions in this [README](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base#readme) file. There are two options available to build $\textsf{R}$. One is the quick development build and the other option is the full installer build.
+
+For development and testing, you need only the quick development build. The quick build avoids building the manuals, which are generally not needed for development and testing. 
+
+However, even for the quick build there are some [default requirements](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/master/quick-build.sh). For instance, `MikTeX` is to be installed in `C:/Program Files` and you have 64-bit $\textsf{R}$. If necessary, these defaults can be customised. The installation path of `MikTex` can be customised [here](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/50a229fc76c50a5fb42c0daa367466aaf2318171/quick-build.sh#L13) whereas the Windows bit can be customised [here](https://github.com/r-windows/r-base/blob/50a229fc76c50a5fb42c0daa367466aaf2318171/quick-build.sh#L6).
+
+If you are a maintainer of the Windows CRAN releases then, the full installer build is available for building the complete installer as it appears on CRAN. It will build both the 32-bit and 64-bit $\textsf{R}$, the pdf manuals, and the installer program. You will use this to create the binary builds and not when building $\textsf{R}$ from the source yourself.
+
+## See also
+
+1. [CRAN official website](https://cran.r-project.org)
+
+2. [R installation and administration manual](https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-patched/R-admin.html)
+
+3. [R for Windows FAQ](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html)
+
+4. [Rtools40 manual for Windows](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/)
+
+5. [R FAQ](https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html)
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