[R] Package installation when $RHOME is not writable (win)

Ko-Kang Kevin Wang kwan022 at stat.auckland.ac.nz
Tue Mar 18 07:28:10 CET 2003


Hi,

I think this is covered in R for Windows FAQ in Section 2.11 and 2.12 
(http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/contrib/rw-FAQ.html)

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Robert King wrote:

> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:40:32 +1100 (EST)
> From: Robert King <robert.king at newcastle.edu.au>
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] Package installation when $RHOME is not writable (win)
> 
> I'm using R in a student lab with machines running win XP.  $RHOME is not
> writable by the students.  How do I set this up so that they can install
> packages?
>                
> Thanks,
> Robert.
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Cheers,

Kevin

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