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...ated, I didnt and dont wish to be convinced about how well behaved R installer is. I wish for R to offer zip builds. Many other programming languages do: - http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html - https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.2 - https://golang.org/dl - https://nim-lang.org/install_windows.html - https://python.org/downloads/release/python-373 - https://windows.php.net/download As I see it, the question isnt "should R offer zip builds", its "why isnt R offering zip builds". > Unless you can make the case to them to expend the finite resources that they >...

...convinced about how > well behaved R installer is. I wish for R to offer zip builds. Many other > programming languages do: > > - http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html > - https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.2 > - https://golang.org/dl > - https://nim-lang.org/install_windows.html > - https://python.org/downloads/release/python-373 > - https://windows.php.net/download > > As I see it, the question isnt "should R offer zip builds", its "why isnt R > offering zip builds". > > > Unless you can make the case to them to expend the...

On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 4:11 PM Marc Schwartz wrote: > I have not tried it, but if that is the case here, you may be able to use the > normal R binary installer, but adjust the default install options when > prompted, allowing you to customize the install location and other parameters, > that may be suitable in the absence of Admin rights. > > Prior statements, not official, would

...u go here: https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base you see EXE installers for Windows. This contrasts with other programming languages that offer both an executable installer and ZIP files that can be extracted and run. For example Go: https://golang.org/dl and Nim: https://nim-lang.org/install_windows.html Python: https://python.org/downloads/release/python-373 and C#: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.2 PHP: https://windows.php.net/download Perl: http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html