Creating an Miniconda Environment to Work with VSCode and R in WSL

1. Install the following VSCode extensions: - Remote Development - WSL - R extension 2. Create a miniconda virtual environment and install packages mentioned in the VSCode R extensions. 3. Configure settings.json (user settings) with following contents:

{
    "terminal.integrated.env.linux": {
        "R_HOME": "/root/miniconda3/envs/r_py_env/lib/R"
    },
    "r.rpath.linux": "/root/miniconda3/envs/r_py_env/bin/R",
    "r.rterm.linux": "/root/miniconda3/envs/r_py_env/bin/radian",
    "r.rterm.option": [
        "--no-save",
        "--no-restore",
        "--r-binary=/root/miniconda3/envs/r_py_env/bin/R"
    ],
    "r.bracketedPaste": true,
    "r.plot.useHttpgd": true,
    "r.alwaysUseActiveTerminal": true,
    "r.sessionWatcher": true 
}

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