Add advice on Rtools (#23)

* Add advice on Rtools * Contraction! * Use bash for better styling * Apply suggestions from code review by @DavisVaughan Co-authored-by: Davis Vaughan <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Davis Vaughan <[email protected]>
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@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Before installing Positron, ensure your Python and/or R environments are ready t
 
 If you're using Windows, make sure you have the [latest Visual C++ Redistributable](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-microsoft-visual-c-redistributable-version) installed.
 
+If you're an R user, note that Positron doesn't currently bundle [Rtools](https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/). If you need Rtools for your package development or other work, you can either use the official guidance from CRAN on installing Rtools and putting it on the path, or alternatively, use [rig](https://github.com/r-lib/rig) to install and set up Rtools:
+
+```bash
+rig system rtools add
+```
+
 ### Python prerequisites
 
 Positron works with [actively supported versions](https://devguide.python.org/versions/#versions) of Python, from 3.8 to Python 3.12. We recommend [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) and [pyenv for Windows](https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win) for managing Python versions. On Linux, you'll want to [be aware of the build requirements](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/common-build-problems); for example, you'll need the system library for SQLite (`sqlite-devel` or `libsqlite3-dev`) installed ahead of time so pyenv can properly build your chosen Python version for use with Positron.