[R] Portable R in zip file for Windows

[Dénes Tóth]

Hi Juan,

you might find this useful: https://sourceforge.net/projects/rportable/

Cheers,
Denes

On 01/26/2018 11:57 AM, Juan Manuel Truppia wrote:
> Pretty good question Gabor. I can execute R once it is installed (if
> someone with rights installs it before) but not the installer. I can
> download the installer (with some pain). I know that some installers are
> actually compressed files in disguise, but I think this is not the case
> with R, right?
> I will study the exact nature of the restriction, and get back to you.
> Nevertheless, having a installer and a "portable" version is something
> pretty common (R Studio, Notepad++ and 7Zip pop to my mind now) and pretty
> helpful to deal with security restrictions, so I thought R had one,
> somewhere.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 00:49 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Can you clarify what the nature of the security restriction is?
>>
>> If you can't run the R installer then how it is that you could run R?
>> That would still involve running an external exe even if it came
>> in a zip file.
>>
>> Could it be that the restriction is not on running exe files but on
>> downloading them?
>>
>> If that is it then there are obvious workarounds (rename it not
>> to have an exe externsion or zip it using another machine,
>> upload to the cloud and download onto the restricted machine)
>> but it might be safer to just ask the powers that be to download it
>> for you.  You probably don't need a new version of R more than
>> once a year.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia
>> <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> What is wrong with you guys? I asked for a zip, like R Studio has for
>>> example. Totally clear.
>>> I cant execute exes. But I can unzip files.
>>> Thanks Gabor, I had that in mind, but can't execute the exe due to
>> security
>>> restrictions.
>>> Geez, really, treating people who ask questions this way just makes you
>>> don't want to ask a single one.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 11:19 Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendieck at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I believe that the ordinary Windows installer for R can produce a
>>>> portable result by choosing the appropriate configuration options from
>> the
>>>> offered screens when you run the installer  Be sure to enter the desired
>>>> path in the Select Destination Location screen, choose Yes on the
>>>> Startup options screen and ensure that all boxes are unchecked on the
>>>> Select additional tasks screen.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM, Juan Manuel Truppia
>>>> <jmtruppia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I read a message from 2009 or 2010 where it mentioned the availability
>>>>> of R
>>>>> for Windows in a zip file, no installation required. It would be very
>>>>> useful for me. Is this still available somewhere?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
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