Dear R committee:
I am Renzhi, Ph.D student in computer science in the University of
Missouri. I have one question for you. I try to install R in the linux server,
but I don't have the root permission, is there any way to install the R
locally?
Thank you very much for helping me.
Renzhi Cao
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Computer Science
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Cell: 573-825-8874
Email : rcrg4@mail.missouri.edu<mailto:rcrg4@mail.missouri.edu>
http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz
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Hy, I don't think there is a committee here but I'll try to help you nevertheless: If you don't have root permissions you can still install R in several ways: 1. Build it by yourself. If you have a compiler installed, you can build R from source. See [1] for a manual. 2. Install a virtual machine where you can install your own Linux and have root rights. You can use Virtual Box for this. I hope this helps! Dominik [1]: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Simple-compilation On 21/05/12 19:29, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:> Dear R committee: > I am Renzhi, Ph.D student in computer science in the University of Missouri. I have one question for you. I try to install R in the linux server, but I don't have the root permission, is there any way to install the R locally? > Thank you very much for helping me. > > Renzhi Cao > Graduate Research Assistant > Department of Computer Science > University of Missouri-Columbia > Columbia, MO 65211 > Cell: 573-825-8874 > Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu<mailto:rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu> > http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Dominik Bruhn mailto: dominik at dbruhn.de -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/attachments/20120521/c92b9db9/attachment.bin>
It should certainly be possible to install to some directory where you have write permissions, but the exact specifics will depend on which Linux you're using. There are R-SIG-Debian and R-SIG-Fedora lists which can give OS specific advice, but it might be easier just to talk to your IT folks. I'm not familiar enough with all the Linux package managers to know which give you the choice of where to install. As Dominik noted, assuming you have a fortran and a c compiler available, you should be able to build in a directory where you have write permissions. Best, Michael On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) <rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu> wrote:> Dear R committee: > ? ? ? I am Renzhi, Ph.D student in computer science in the University of Missouri. I have one question for you. I try to install R in the linux server, but I don't have the root permission, is there any way to install the R locally? > ? ? ? ?Thank you very much for helping me. > > Renzhi Cao > Graduate Research Assistant > Department of Computer Science > University of Missouri-Columbia > Columbia, MO 65211 > Cell: 573-825-8874 > Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu<mailto:rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu> > http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz > > > ? ? ? ?[[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Please do not answer directly to the people but answer to the list instead so everybody sees your mail. You can change the target directory using the --prefix= command line parameter of the ./configure script. On 21/05/12 22:37, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:> Dear Dominik: > Thank you very much for your advice. I have a C compiler, is that enough? I will check the manual you mentioned. The R will be installed into a root directory, and it seems I cannot change the target path of the installation. > Thank you. > > Renzhi Cao > Graduate Research Assistant > Department of Computer Science > University of Missouri-Columbia > Columbia, MO 65211 > Cell: 573-825-8874 > Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu > http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dominik Bruhn [mailto:dominik at dbruhn.de] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:23 PM > To: Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) > Cc: r-help at R-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Need help for R install > > Hy, > I don't think there is a committee here but I'll try to help you > nevertheless: > > If you don't have root permissions you can still install R in several ways: > 1. Build it by yourself. If you have a compiler installed, you can build R from source. See [1] for a manual. > > 2. Install a virtual machine where you can install your own Linux and have root rights. You can use Virtual Box for this. > > I hope this helps! > Dominik > > > [1]: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Simple-compilation > > > On 21/05/12 19:29, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote: >> Dear R committee: >> I am Renzhi, Ph.D student in computer science in the University of Missouri. I have one question for you. I try to install R in the linux server, but I don't have the root permission, is there any way to install the R locally? >> Thank you very much for helping me. >> >> Renzhi Cao >> Graduate Research Assistant >> Department of Computer Science >> University of Missouri-Columbia >> Columbia, MO 65211 >> Cell: 573-825-8874 >> Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu<mailto:rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu> >> http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > -- > Dominik Bruhn > mailto: dominik at dbruhn.de > >-- Dominik Bruhn mailto: dominik at dbruhn.de -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/attachments/20120521/48a06c0c/attachment.bin>