[R] Need help for R install

[Dominik Bruhn]

Please do not answer directly to the people but answer to the list
instead so everybody sees your mail.

You can change the target directory using the --prefix= command line
parameter of the ./configure script.


On 21/05/12 22:37, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:
> Dear Dominik:
>         Thank you very much for your advice. I have a C compiler, is that enough? I will check the manual you mentioned. The R will be installed into a root directory, and it seems I cannot change the target path of the installation. 
>        Thank you.
> 
> Renzhi Cao
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Missouri-Columbia
> Columbia, MO 65211
> Cell: 573-825-8874
> Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu
> http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominik Bruhn [mailto:dominik at dbruhn.de] 
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:23 PM
> To: Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student)
> Cc: r-help at R-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Need help for R install
> 
> Hy,
> I don't think there is a committee here but I'll try to help you
> nevertheless:
> 
> If you don't have root permissions you can still install R in several ways:
> 1. Build it by yourself. If you have a compiler installed, you can build R from source. See [1] for a manual.
> 
> 2. Install a virtual machine where you can install your own Linux and have root rights. You can use Virtual Box for this.
> 
> I hope this helps!
> Dominik
> 
> 
> [1]: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Simple-compilation
> 
> 
> On 21/05/12 19:29, Cao, Renzhi (MU-Student) wrote:
>> Dear R committee:
>>        I am Renzhi, Ph.D student in computer science in the University of Missouri. I have one question for you. I try to install R in the linux server, but I don't have the root permission, is there any way to install the R locally?
>>         Thank you very much for helping me.
>>
>> Renzhi Cao
>> Graduate Research Assistant
>> Department of Computer Science
>> University of Missouri-Columbia
>> Columbia, MO 65211
>> Cell: 573-825-8874
>> Email : rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu<mailto:rcrg4 at mail.missouri.edu>
>> http://home.ustc.edu.cn/~ahjxcrz
>>
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> 
> --
> Dominik Bruhn
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> 
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