[R] R on a flash drive

[John Kane]

Oops meant to send this to the list.
--- John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> 
> --- Erin Hodgess <hodgess at gator.dt.uh.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Dear R People:
> > 
> > Has anyone run R from a flash drive, please?
> > 
> > If so, how did it work, please?
> 
> Yes I run R, occasionally, on a USB with no problem
> on
> WindowsXP. It works well, albeit a bit more slowly
> than from the hard drive which is as you would
> expect.
> 
> The last time I upgraded the USB (to 2.5.0 ?) I
> simply
> downloaded R and installed it on the USB drive
> rather
> than the C: drive and then installed all my usual
> optional packages using the normal Rgui interface. 
> 
> I usually have R, Tinn-R and portable versions of
> OpenOoffice.org, and Firefox installed on the USB.  
> 
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