[R] Suggestion for installation of R

[John C Frain]

The following installs a version of R on an android phone or tablet. I have
tried it on a google 5x, Lenovo TAB , Bush Spira B2 10.and several other
phones/tablets which I do not have acess to exact model descriptions

Install Gnuroot Debian from the Google app store. This app installs an
expandable Debian system that will run on a non-rooted Android
phone/tablet. It includes a basic x-window system.

You can start with

apt-get update and apt -gat upgrade to bring the system up to date. I have
used apt-get to install R, emacs, ess and gretl.. You can do this in a
basic terminal or in the x-window terminal. The versions available are a
little dated but do work if one can manage the small screen. The x-window
screen has additional cursor and cntrl/excape/alt etc keys available.
ions
You may find that there is a delay between the appearance of a window and
the ability to use it. Due to screen, memory and cpu limitations it would
be difficult to do any complex work on such a system. There is a native
maxima on android app that you might find useful.

John C Frain
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On 17 August 2017 at 14:06, S Ellison <S.Ellison at lgcgroup.com> wrote:

> > >Is it possible to download and run R on Asus ZenFone, if yes, which
> > >version
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> Try Googling 'R on Android'
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> The top link is
> https://www.r-bloggers.com/install-r-in-android-via-
> gnuroot-no-root-required/
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