Just to add to that point - it is expected that the registry is appropriately
updated so the correct version of R can be located. Just unpacking a ZIP won't
work in general since tools using R have no reliable way to find it.
Cheers,
Simon
> On Jun 6, 2019, at 6:33 AM, Jeroen Ooms wrote:
>
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 5:40 PM Steven Penny wrote:
>
> Theres nothing nefarious here. It would allow people to use the R environment
> without running an installer. If someone is a new user they may want to try
> R out, and installers can be invasive as they commonly:
>
> - copy files to install
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 11:06 AM Iñaki Ucar wrote:
> FWIW, innoextract extracts the contents of the installer just fine.
That is great, thank you very much:
https://github.com/dscharrer/innoextract
Between this thread and others I have interacted with 14 people, and you are the
first person to
On 05/06/2019 4:48 p.m., Abby Spurdle wrote:
> If they choose to continue with only EXE,
> I will just keep using other programming languages.
I did agree with your original suggestion.
However, I don't think that a lack of zip formats, is a disincentive
from using R.
If you don't want to
> If they choose to continue with only EXE,
> I will just keep using other programming languages.
I did agree with your original suggestion.
However, I don't think that a lack of zip formats, is a disincentive from
using R.
If you have an issue with the Windows installer, the obvious option is
> Iñaki Ucar
> on Tue, 4 Jun 2019 18:06:34 +0200 writes:
> FWIW, innoextract extracts the contents of the installer just fine.
> Iñaki
Thank you, Iñaki
For me too. On the Windows server (I almost only use for testing R and
ESS), I've always been happy I could install
FWIW, innoextract extracts the contents of the installer just fine.
Iñaki
On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 17:40, Steven Penny wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 6:54 PM Marc Schwartz wrote:
> > I am on macOS primarily, albeit, I have run both Windows and Linux routinely
> > in years past.
>
> With all due
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 8:04 PM Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> I don't recall anyone asking for the zip in the 17 years after that
> change, until now (though I haven't been paying attention lately, since
> I retired from building the binaries a couple of years ago).
>
> If you think it's worthwhile to do
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 6:54 PM Marc Schwartz wrote:
> I am on macOS primarily, albeit, I have run both Windows and Linux routinely
> in years past.
With all due respect, then you have no business in this thread.
> That being said, these days, I do run Windows 10 under a Parallels VM on
> macOS,
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 4:11 PM Marc Schwartz wrote:
> I have not tried it, but if that is the case here, you may be able to use the
> normal R binary installer, but adjust the default install options when
> prompted, allowing you to customize the install location and other parameters,
> that may
On 03/06/2019 9:16 p.m., Steven Penny wrote:
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 8:04 PM Duncan Murdoch wrote:
I don't recall anyone asking for the zip in the 17 years after that
change, until now (though I haven't been paying attention lately, since
I retired from building the binaries a couple of years
On 01/06/2019 11:02 p.m., Steven Penny wrote:
If you go here:
https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base
you see EXE installers for Windows. This contrasts with other programming
languages that offer both an executable installer and ZIP files that can be
extracted and run. For example Go:
> On Jun 3, 2019, at 6:31 PM, Steven Penny wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 4:11 PM Marc Schwartz wrote:
>> I have not tried it, but if that is the case here, you may be able to use the
>> normal R binary installer, but adjust the default install options when
>> prompted, allowing you to
> On Jun 3, 2019, at 4:40 PM, Abby Spurdle wrote:
>
>> If you go here:
>> https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base
>> you see EXE installers for Windows. This contrasts with other programming
>> languages that offer both an executable installer and ZIP files that can
> be
>> extracted
> If you go here:
> https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base
> you see EXE installers for Windows. This contrasts with other programming
> languages that offer both an executable installer and ZIP files that can
be
> extracted and run
Are you suggesting that R should do the same?
If so, I
If you go here:
https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/windows/base
you see EXE installers for Windows. This contrasts with other programming
languages that offer both an executable installer and ZIP files that can be
extracted and run. For example Go:
https://golang.org/dl
and Nim:
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