Bob Green wrote: > I have been trying for a year to get approval to install R on a work > computer and am not optimistic of a positive reply in the near future. I > was considering whether an option might be to run R from a CD/USB stick. I > looked through the installation manual but could see no mention of this > option. > > If it is possible to run R from a CD or a USB stick without installation to > a computer, I would appreciate direction to information or advice on how > this might be done,
If the term 'CD' here includes a DVD, then you might look at Quantian, which is a Linux variant that boots off a DVD and includes R as well as many if not all CRAN and Bioconductor packages. That might be one way to get around those nasty IT guys ;-D HTH, Jim > > Any assistance is appreciated, > > regards > > Bob Green > > ______________________________________________ > [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 -- James W. MacDonald, M.S. Biostatistician Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core University of Michigan Cancer Center 1500 E. Medical Center Drive 7410 CCGC Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues. ______________________________________________ [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
