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+[](https://app.codecov.io/gh/igraph/rigraph/tree/main)
+
+
+# R/igraph
+
+R/igraph is an R package of the igraph network analysis library.
+
+## Installation
+
+You can install the stable version of R/igraph from CRAN:
+
+```r
+install.packages("igraph")
+```
+
+For the development version, you can use R-universe
+
+```r
+options(
+ repos = c(
+ igraph = 'https://igraph.r-universe.dev',
+ CRAN = 'https://cloud.r-project.org'
+ )
+)
+install.packages('igraph')
+```
+
+or Github, with the [pak package](https://pak.r-lib.org/):
+
+```r
+pak::pak("igraph/rigraph")
+```
+
+When compiling from sources, make sure that you have C, C++ and Fortran compilers,
+as well as development packages for `glpk` and `libxml2`.
+On Debian/Ubuntu, use `apt install libglpk-dev libxml2-dev`.
+On Fedora, use `yum install glpk-devel libxml2-devel`.
+
+For installation from source on Windows, you need to have [RTools](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/) installed.
+For versions R >= 4.0 you can install the dependencies using:
+
+```
+pacman -Sy mingw-w64-{i686,x86_64}-glpk mingw-w64-{i686,x86_64}-libxml2
+```
+
+## Installation troubleshooting
+
+See the [Installation FAQ](https://r.igraph.org/articles/installation-troubleshooting).
+
+## Documentation
+
+See the [igraph package's website](https://r.igraph.org/) for the complete manual.
+
+A good entry point is the "Get started" vignette,
+in [English](https://r.igraph.org/articles/igraph.html) or [Spanish](https://r.igraph.org/articles/igraph_ES.html).
+
+For an overview of igraph's functionality see the [reference index](https://r.igraph.org/reference/index.html).
+It includes [experimental functions](https://r.igraph.org/reference/index.html#experimental-functions) on which we especially welcome feedback
+(but feedback on any function is appreciated)!
+
+## Contributions
+
+Please read our [contribution guide](https://github.com/igraph/rigraph/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## License
+
+GNU GPL version 2 or later
+
+## Contributors
+
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+All contributions to this project are gratefully acknowledged using the [`allcontributors` package](https://github.com/ropensci/allcontributors) following the [all-contributors](https://allcontributors.org) specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!
+
+### Code
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