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R for Windows MSI Installation File

5 messages · Richard Abraham, Philippe GROSJEAN, Brian Ripley

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Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has created (or knows where one is available from) 
an MSI installation file for R v2.0.1?
Many thanks,
Richard.

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Richard Abraham
Senior Information Systems Officer
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
Tel: 44(0)117 928 7254
Fax: 44(0)117 928 7265
Email: richard.abraham at bristol.ac.uk
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Note that I know of: why would one want a lower-quality installer than 
that provided?  The installer is scriptable: see the rw-FAQ.
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Richard Abraham wrote:

            
Of course, 2.1.0 is current.
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Brian,
I can use an MSI installer package to install R on any number of Windows 
PCs without leaving my desk by using Windows' Group Policy. Is this 
possible using R's own scriptable installer? The FAQ doesn't say.
Thanks,
Rich.

--On 27 April 2005 14:17 +0100 Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> 
wrote:
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Richard Abraham
Senior Information Systems Officer
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol
Tel: 44(0)117 928 7254
Fax: 44(0)117 928 7265
Email: richard.abraham at bristol.ac.uk
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Richard Abraham wrote:
The setup program build by Inno Setup, as you find it in the binaries 
section of CRAN is much better than what you would get with the MSI 
installer, and it has all required features.
Best,

Philippe Grosjean
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Richard Abraham wrote:

            
Well, did you look at the reference given there?

Professor Ripley.