I have been trying for a year to get approval to install R on a work computer and am not optimistic of a positive reply in the near future. I was considering whether an option might be to run R from a CD/USB stick. I looked through the installation manual but could see no mention of this option. If it is possible to run R from a CD or a USB stick without installation to a computer, I would appreciate direction to information or advice on how this might be done, Any assistance is appreciated, regards Bob Green
"If it is possible to run R from a CD or a USB stick without installation to a computer" YES On 3/31/06, Bob Green <bgreen@dyson.brisnet.org.au> wrote:> > I have been trying for a year to get approval to install R on a work > computer and am not optimistic of a positive reply in the near future. I > was considering whether an option might be to run R from a CD/USB > stick. I > looked through the installation manual but could see no mention of this > option. > > If it is possible to run R from a CD or a USB stick without installation > to > a computer, I would appreciate direction to information or advice on how > this might be done, > > Any assistance is appreciated, > > regards > > Bob Green > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >-- WenSui Liu (http://statcompute.blogspot.com) Senior Decision Support Analyst Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness Cincinnati Children Hospital Medical Center [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
James W. MacDonald
2006-Mar-31 20:57 UTC
[R] can R be run without installation on to a computer
Bob Green wrote:> I have been trying for a year to get approval to install R on a work > computer and am not optimistic of a positive reply in the near future. I > was considering whether an option might be to run R from a CD/USB stick. I > looked through the installation manual but could see no mention of this option. > > If it is possible to run R from a CD or a USB stick without installation to > a computer, I would appreciate direction to information or advice on how > this might be done,If the term 'CD' here includes a DVD, then you might look at Quantian, which is a Linux variant that boots off a DVD and includes R as well as many if not all CRAN and Bioconductor packages. That might be one way to get around those nasty IT guys ;-D HTH, Jim> > Any assistance is appreciated, > > regards > > Bob Green > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html-- James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core University of Michigan Cancer Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive 7410 CCGC Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
Marc Schwartz (via MN)
2006-Mar-31 20:59 UTC
[R] can R be run without installation on to a computer
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 06:45 +1000, Bob Green wrote:> I have been trying for a year to get approval to install R on a work > computer and am not optimistic of a positive reply in the near future. I > was considering whether an option might be to run R from a CD/USB stick. I > looked through the installation manual but could see no mention of this option. > > If it is possible to run R from a CD or a USB stick without installation to > a computer, I would appreciate direction to information or advice on how > this might be done, > > Any assistance is appreciated, > > regards > > Bob GreenYour e-mail headers suggest that you are on Windows, thus you might want to review this post by Prof. Ripley in a thread from 2004 addressing this issue: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/41937.html Alternatively, if you are comfortable running Linux, Dirk Eddelbuettel has kindly provided Quantian: http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html which is a Debian Linux based distribution that can run as a Live CD and can be booted from the CD without having to actually install it. HTH, Marc Schwartz