Hi I want to install R from a script, so am following http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-customize-t he-installation_003f. I first installed R with the /SAVEINF="r_install_config.txt" flag and it created a nice text file for me - perfect. I then uninstalled R, and re-installed from DOS with: R-2.7.2-win32.exe /LOADINF="r_install_config.txt" Windows loaded up the installer anyway, and even worse, none of the options I had changed were set in the installer, they were still the defaults. Am I using that flag incorrectly?! Thanks Mick
Installing R 2.7.2 on Windows with /LOADINF flag doesn't do anything
3 messages · michael watson (IAH-C), Duncan Murdoch
On 23/09/2008 5:27 AM, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
Hi I want to install R from a script, so am following http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-customize-t he-installation_003f. I first installed R with the /SAVEINF="r_install_config.txt" flag and it created a nice text file for me - perfect. I then uninstalled R, and re-installed from DOS with: R-2.7.2-win32.exe /LOADINF="r_install_config.txt" Windows loaded up the installer anyway, and even worse, none of the options I had changed were set in the installer, they were still the defaults. Am I using that flag incorrectly?!
The installer is built with Inno Setup (see www.innosetup.com). I just tried the lines above, and I see that some of the defaults are changed, but not all. The "startup options" do not get saved in the file. These are not standard Inno Setup settings, we customized them for R. You can avoid the dialogs by using /SILENT or /VERYSILENT command line options. I've asked on the Inno Setup newsgroup whether there is support for saving custom options in the INF file. If so, I'll try to fix this for 2.8.0. Duncan Murdoch
1 day later
On 23/09/2008 7:11 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 23/09/2008 5:27 AM, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
Hi I want to install R from a script, so am following http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-customize-t he-installation_003f. I first installed R with the /SAVEINF="r_install_config.txt" flag and it created a nice text file for me - perfect. I then uninstalled R, and re-installed from DOS with: R-2.7.2-win32.exe /LOADINF="r_install_config.txt" Windows loaded up the installer anyway, and even worse, none of the options I had changed were set in the installer, they were still the defaults. Am I using that flag incorrectly?!
The installer is built with Inno Setup (see www.innosetup.com). I just tried the lines above, and I see that some of the defaults are changed, but not all. The "startup options" do not get saved in the file. These are not standard Inno Setup settings, we customized them for R. You can avoid the dialogs by using /SILENT or /VERYSILENT command line options. I've asked on the Inno Setup newsgroup whether there is support for saving custom options in the INF file. If so, I'll try to fix this for 2.8.0.
Now fixed. Please test an alpha/beta release; they should start appearing on CRAN tomorrow or the next day. Duncan Murdoch