Message-ID: <20061214154423.11534.qmail@web32814.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date: 2006-12-14T15:44:23Z
From: John Kane
Subject: Install R in Linux
In-Reply-To: <457FFAC0.1020009@biostat.ku.dk>
--- Peter Dalgaard <P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> wrote:
> lu kan wrote:
> > Hi, Is it possible to install R in a linux box
> (Debian) without being a root. I know I can compile
> the R source code, but there is no F77 compiler on
> the box. So is it possible to install binary R
> without being a root?
> >
> (We did see it the first time!!)
>
> In a word, no. Either you need to install the
> binaries as root or
> install sufficient build tools as root. There's a
> slight chance that you
> could unpack the Debian binaries somewhere and then
> fix up the paths,
> but you're on your own.
If you really need to use it and are not root, a slow
but workable approach is to install R on a USB stick
and run from there.
I have done this for R.2.3.1 but I have not upgraded
to a newer package.