[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to install r on a windows network drive so that > users who have their own Win2000 machines can run something like > > x:\bin\rterm.exe CMD BATCH x:\url\prog.r c:\out\prog.Rout > > I do not want to make n users install their own versions of R; > I want to install once, and give users the ability to run the copy > of R that I maintain on a group shared drive. > > Given that I've installed r21xx.exe locally on my personal drive, > if I re-run the installer and target a network drive, would this > * much up my local install
No. > * make r available to all who can access the network drive ? Yes. Don't forget to set the PATH if you want to run it in BATCH mode. [...] > Looks like I could put an image on the server; I'm not quite sure what > the steps are to make an executable image or if the files I make an > image of are exactly laid out after installing r locally. Exactly laid out. You can install R to the server or simply copy an existing R installation from one drive to another. R does not install things into the Windows system directories and the registry settings are purely optional. More reading: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html and http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html Conclusion: R is a network administrator's friend!!! Thomas P. wrote: > I want to install r on a windows network drive so that > users who have their own Win2000 machines can run something like > > x:\bin\rterm.exe CMD BATCH x:\url\prog.r c:\out\prog.Rout > > I do not want to make n users install their own versions of R; > I want to install once, and give users the ability to run the copy > of R that I maintain on a group shared drive. > > Given that I've installed r21xx.exe locally on my personal drive, > if I re-run the installer and target a network drive, would this > * much up my local install No. > * make r available to all who can access the network drive ? Yes. [...] > Looks like I could put an image on the server; I'm not quite sure what > the steps are to make an executable image or if the files I make an > image of are exactly laid out after installing r locally. Exactly laid out. You can install R to the server or simply copy an existing R installation from one drive to another. R does not install things into the Windows system directories and the registry settings are purely optional. More reading: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html and http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html Conclusion: R is a network administrator's friend!!! Thomas P. ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
