Dear R People: Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? If so, how did it work, please? Thanks in advance! Sincerely, Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: hodgess at gator.uhd.edu
This is a FAQ. http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-run-R-from-a-CD-or-USB-drive_003f Erin Hodgess wrote:> > Dear R People: > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > If so, how did it work, please? > Thanks in advance! >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/R-on-a-flash-drive-tf4299172.html#a12236850 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
--- Erin Hodgess <hodgess at gator.dt.uh.edu> wrote:> Dear R People: > > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > > If so, how did it work, please?Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem on WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly than from the hard drive which is as you would expect. The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I simply downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive rather than the C: drive and then installed all my usual optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB.
Oops meant to send this to the list. --- John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:> > --- Erin Hodgess <hodgess at gator.dt.uh.edu> wrote: > > > Dear R People: > > > > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > > > > If so, how did it work, please? > > Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem > on > WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly > than from the hard drive which is as you would > expect. > > The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I > simply > downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive > rather > than the C: drive and then installed all my usual > optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. > > I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of > OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. > > > Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! > Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. > Start today at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca >
John Kane <jrkrideau <at> yahoo.ca> writes:> > > > I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of > > OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB.Tinn-R works well as a portable editor on a USB flash drive. Likewise, by following the instructions here: http://at-aka.blogspot.com/2006/06/portable- emacs-22050-on-usb.html you can run emacs for windows from your USB flash drive. Michael
I often run R via a Ceedo virtualisation on a USB drive (http://www.ceedo.com/) with XP. It costs a few dollars to it this way, but is a very low stress installation and has worked flawlessly, albeit a little slower (barely noticeable). Very handy if you are often working on various machines without administrator rights (as I do in clinic) - just plug in your USB and go directly back to your project. It then removes any trace of you (so they say) when you log out. And you can use it for other software (within limits though) you might want to carry around. Hope that helps. Scott ____________________________ Scott Williams MD Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne Australia -----Original Message----- From: John Kane [mailto:jrkrideau at yahoo.ca] Sent: Tuesday, 21 August 2007 12:28 AM To: John Kane; Erin Hodgess; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] R on a flash drive Oops meant to send this to the list. --- John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:> > --- Erin Hodgess <hodgess at gator.dt.uh.edu> wrote: > > > Dear R People: > > > > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please? > > > > If so, how did it work, please? > > Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem > on > WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly > than from the hard drive which is as you would > expect. > > The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I > simply > downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive > rather > than the C: drive and then installed all my usual > optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. > > I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of > OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB. > > > Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! > Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. > Start today at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca >