Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-05 Thread Barry Rowlingson
Peter Dalgaard wrote: The toolchain availability tends to get in the way. Linux-based gadgets could prove easier. I do wonder from time to time whether there really is a market for R on cellphones... As soon as someone writes library(ringtone) there might be :) And I think you'd have to

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-05 Thread Ted Harding
On 05-Dec-07 18:57:58, Barry Rowlingson wrote: Peter Dalgaard wrote: The toolchain availability tends to get in the way. Linux-based gadgets could prove easier. I do wonder from time to time whether there really is a market for R on cellphones... As soon as someone writes

[R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Recently I came across an interesting web site: http://portableapps.com/. The idea is simple, this is software that is possible to install and run on some type of USB memory, a stick or one of these hard disks. I can think of a number of situations where this could be handy. In addition

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Bert Gunter
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Backer Johnsen Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] Is R portable? Recently I came across an interesting web site: http://portableapps.com/. The idea is simple, this is software that is possible

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Roland Rau
Hi Tom, did you check the R for Windows FAQ? http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-run-R-from-a-CD-or-USB-drive_003f Hope this helps, Roland Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: Recently I came across an interesting web site: http://portableapps.com/. The idea is simple, this

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Gabor Csardi
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [R] Is R portable? Recently I came across an interesting web site: http://portableapps.com/. The idea is simple, this is software that is possible to install and run on some type of USB memory, a stick or one of these hard disks. I can think of a number

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread John Kane
I simply installed R onto a USB stick, downloaded my normal packages to it and it works fine under Windows. --- Roland Rau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom, did you check the R for Windows FAQ? http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-run-R-from-a-CD-or-USB-drive_003f

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
Roland Rau wrote: Hi Tom, did you check the R for Windows FAQ? http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-run-R-from-a-CD-or-USB-drive_003f Puh. My apologies. I should have done so before I asked the question. Sorry. Tom Hope this helps, Roland Tom Backer

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
fast from a USB disk. Unix-alike ports of R are not completely portable, as the path to R_HOME is encapsulated in the R and Rscript front ends. So if on, say, Linux you want to plug in a USB disc then it will only work if you installed R to that USB disk mounted at the same location in the file

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Bernardo Rangel Tura
PROTECTED]Cc: Sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:22:36 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [R] Is R portable? I simply installed R onto a USB stick, downloaded my normal packages to it and it works fine under Windows. --- Roland Rau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom, did you check the R for Windows FAQ

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Tom Backer Johnsen
-alike ports of R are not completely portable, as the path to R_HOME is encapsulated in the R and Rscript front ends. So if on, say, Linux you want to plug in a USB disc then it will only work if you installed R to that USB disk mounted at the same location in the file system, or are prepared

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 04/12/2007 5:25 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: Prof Brian Ripley wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, John Kane wrote: I simply installed R onto a USB stick, downloaded my normal packages to it and it works fine under Windows. Yes, on Windows, but 1) There are other OSes, 2) This didn't just

Re: [R] Is R portable?

2007-12-04 Thread Michael Bibo
Tom Backer Johnsen backer at psych.uib.no writes: I am also informed that it is possible to run Latex in this manner. http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/107419.html refers to http://at-aka.blogspot.com/2006/06/portable-emacs-22050-on-usb.html which can give you a portable