[R] can R be run without installation on to a computer

[Marc Schwartz (via MN)]

On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 22:26 +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Marc Schwartz (via MN) wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 06:45 +1000, 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,
> >>
> >> Any assistance is appreciated,
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >> Bob Green
> >
> > Your e-mail headers suggest that you are on Windows, thus you might want
> > to review this post by Prof. Ripley in a thread from 2004 addressing
> > this issue:
> >
> > http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/41937.html
> 
> There is an updated version of that in the rw-FAQ, Q2.6.
> 
> I run R from a USB drive quite often, both for demos in talks (on other 
> people's Windows systems) and to test R on different Windows versions 
> (e.g. 98) with minimal effort.

Prof. Ripley, thanks for the pointer. I should review the Windows FAQ
more often, despite essentially not using it any longer.

I think that there is a typo in the second sentence in that FAQ:

...so you can burn an image on the R installation on your hard disc...

looks like it perhaps should read:

...so you can burn an image _of_ the R installation on your hard disc...

Best regards,

Marc