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From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Jari Oksanen
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:42 AM
To: bogdan romocea
Cc: hans at vanwalen.com; R-News
Subject: Re: [R] Running R from CD?
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 02:41, bogdan romocea wrote:
Better install and run R from a USB flash drive. This will save you
the trouble of re-writing the CD as you upgrade and install new
packages. Also, you can simply copy the R installation on your work
computer (no install rights needed); R will run.
I think there is a niche (= a hole in the wall) for a live
CD: it is cheaper to distribute 20 copies of CD's to your
audience than 20 USB memory sticks. Instructions would be welcome.
From: Hans van Walen <hans_at_vanwalen.com>
At work I have no permission to install R. So, would anyone know
whether it is possible to create a CD with a running R-installation
for a windows(XP) pc? And of course, how to?
Check the file Getting-Started-with-the-Rcmdr.pdf in John
Fox's Rcmdr package. You should be able to reach this package
by launching help.start(), and then browsing its directory in
the help browser window. Go to chapter "7. Some Suggestions
for Instructors" which tells you how to make a live CD of R
in Windows. I haven't tried this, since I don't have Windows,
but I sure will when I got to be an "instructor" in a Windows class.
cheers, jari oksanen
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Jari Oksanen <jarioksa at sun3.oulu.fi>