What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for example. Totally clear. I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to security restrictions. Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you don't want to ask a single one. On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:> I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a > portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from the > offered screens when you run the installer Be sure to enter the desired > path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the > Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the > Select additional tasks screen. > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia > <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: > > I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability > of R > > for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very > > useful for me. Is this still available somewhere? > > > > Thanks > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > > > -- > Statistics & Software Consulting > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Jan 25, 2018 3:05 PM, "Juan Manuel Truppia" <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for example. Totally clear. The responsew you recieved suggest that your question was not as clear as you expected. You then treated a person trying to help you with disrespect. This is not an effective way to motivate people to help you. I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to security restrictions. Again, this information should have been in your original question. By failing to mention that you had considered and rejected this option for security reasons you caused Gabor to waste time suggesting it. The bottom line is that you asked a lazy question and failed to include helpful information that would have helped people help you. You then responded rudely when people failed to read your mind. You can and should learn do better. Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you don't want to ask a single one. Learn how to ask as I suggested and I'm confident things will go better next time. Best, Ista On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:> I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a > portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from the > offered screens when you run the installer Be sure to enter the desired > path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the > Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the > Select additional tasks screen. > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia > <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: > > I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability > of R > > for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very > > useful for me. Is this still available somewhere? > > > > Thanks > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > > > -- > Statistics & Software Consulting > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com >[[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Can you please explain where you get the R-studio zip file and how you manage to run r-studio from it without expanding it. I do not see how this is possible and would be delighted if you would share that knowledge with us. Obviously this possibility has not occurred to anyone on the list John C Frain 3 Aranleigh Park Rathfarnham Dublin 14 Ireland www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html mailto:frainj at tcd.ie mailto:frainj at gmail.com On 25 January 2018 at 20:04, Juan Manuel Truppia <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote:> What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for > example. Totally clear. > I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. > Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to security > restrictions. > Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you > don't want to ask a single one. > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a > > portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from > the > > offered screens when you run the installer Be sure to enter the desired > > path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the > > Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the > > Select additional tasks screen. > > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia > > <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability > > of R > > > for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very > > > useful for me. Is this still available somewhere? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- > > Statistics & Software Consulting > > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>From the R Studio downloads, look below the installers. This is off topichowever. If there is no zipped, no exe, no installation required of R, then I thank you very much for your help and trolling. (BTW, I think my question was pretty clear, concise and specific, I appreciate that some of you tried to solve a problem related to what I have, but I have already reviewed all options, and what I need is basically a zip of a working installation of the current version of R that I can download out of CRAN or a similar trusted site) On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 19:59 John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:> Can you please explain where you get the R-studio zip file and how you > manage to run r-studio from it without expanding it. I do not see how this > is possible and would be delighted if you would share that knowledge with > us. Obviously this possibility has not occurred to anyone on the list > > John C Frain > 3 Aranleigh Park > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3+Aranleigh+Park+Rathfarnham+Dublin&entry=gmail&source=g> > Rathfarnham > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3+Aranleigh+Park+Rathfarnham+Dublin&entry=gmail&source=g> > Dublin > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3+Aranleigh+Park+Rathfarnham+Dublin&entry=gmail&source=g> > 14 > Ireland > www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html > mailto:frainj at tcd.ie > mailto:frainj at gmail.com > > On 25 January 2018 at 20:04, Juan Manuel Truppia <jmtruppia at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for >> example. Totally clear. >> I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. >> Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to >> security >> restrictions. >> Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you >> don't want to ask a single one. >> >> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a >> > portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from >> the >> > offered screens when you run the installer Be sure to enter the desired >> > path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the >> > Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the >> > Select additional tasks screen. >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia >> > <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: >> > > I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability >> > of R >> > > for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very >> > > useful for me. Is this still available somewhere? >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > > >> > > ______________________________________________ >> > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > > 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. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Statistics & Software Consulting >> > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. >> > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP >> > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com >> > >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> 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. >> > >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Can you clarify what the nature of the security restriction is? If you can't run the R installer then how it is that you could run R? That would still involve running an external exe even if it came in a zip file. Could it be that the restriction is not on running exe files but on downloading them? If that is it then there are obvious workarounds (rename it not to have an exe externsion or zip it using another machine, upload to the cloud and download onto the restricted machine) but it might be safer to just ask the powers that be to download it for you. You probably don't need a new version of R more than once a year. On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote:> What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for > example. Totally clear. > I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. > Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to security > restrictions. > Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you > don't want to ask a single one. > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a >> portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from the >> offered screens when you run the installer Be sure to enter the desired >> path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the >> Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the >> Select additional tasks screen. >> >> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia >> <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: >> > I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability >> > of R >> > for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very >> > useful for me. Is this still available somewhere? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Statistics & Software Consulting >> GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. >> tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP >> email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com-- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com
Pretty good question Gabor. I can execute R once it is installed (if someone with rights installs it before) but not the installer. I can download the installer (with some pain). I know that some installers are actually compressed files in disguise, but I think this is not the case with R, right? I will study the exact nature of the restriction, and get back to you. Nevertheless, having a installer and a "portable" version is something pretty common (R Studio, Notepad++ and 7Zip pop to my mind now) and pretty helpful to deal with security restrictions, so I thought R had one, somewhere. On Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 00:49 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> wrote:> Can you clarify what the nature of the security restriction is? > > If you can't run the R installer then how it is that you could run R? > That would still involve running an external exe even if it came > in a zip file. > > Could it be that the restriction is not on running exe files but on > downloading them? > > If that is it then there are obvious workarounds (rename it not > to have an exe externsion or zip it using another machine, > upload to the cloud and download onto the restricted machine) > but it might be safer to just ask the powers that be to download it > for you. You probably don't need a new version of R more than > once a year. > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia > <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: > > What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for > > example. Totally clear. > > I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. > > Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to > security > > restrictions. > > Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you > > don't want to ask a single one. > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a > >> portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from > the > >> offered screens when you run the installer Be sure to enter the desired > >> path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the > >> Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the > >> Select additional tasks screen. > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia > >> <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability > >> > of R > >> > for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very > >> > useful for me. Is this still available somewhere? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > >> > ______________________________________________ > >> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> > 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. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Statistics & Software Consulting > >> GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > >> tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > >> email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > > > > -- > Statistics & Software Consulting > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:04:33 +0000 Juan Manuel Truppia <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote:> What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for > example. Totally clear. > I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files. > Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to > security restrictions. > Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes > you don't want to ask a single one. >Your concept of "totally clear" lacks a good deal of clarity. You pretty much ignored providing any indication of what your problem is, how you expect to run R if you can't run an executable file, or just about ANY useful information that could allow someone to help you other than something you might have read seven or eight years ago. At a wild guess you can't write to the hard drive of what ever system you are hoping to use and do not have rights to execute programs on that system. A way around that would be to run your software from a thumb drive or similar external device. So you might look at R Portable (https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/) which employs the PortableApps framework, but with such a sweeping lack of information from you, don't congratulate yourself if you get a helpful answer. It wasn't your fault.