Open the terminal, enter: cd ~/Desktop ftp "http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~davezes/SSsimple_0.5.tar.gz" Now install. Enter into terminal: R64 CMD INSTALL SSsimple_0.5.tar.gz (If for some reason you don't have the 64bit version of R, replace "R64" in the above command with just "R") Now, open R and retreive help on "SSsimple". Also, a tutorial is available by typing into R: vignette("SSsimple")