David,

I've run old version of R (2 years ago) from a CD and it worked well for me.
I guess you could run R from a USB drive.

On 11/16/05, David Mitchell <monch1962@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> A short time ago, I found
> http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/portable_apps_suite/, which
> contains basically a complete set of office tools that can be run
> *entirely* from a USB key. The concept is:
> - find a Windows PC
> - put in your USB key
> - run OpenOffice, Firefox, Gaim, Nvu, Thunderbird, ... directly from
> your USB key, with no app installation required
> - save your files wherever
> - remove your USB key and leave, with nothing installed on the original PC
>
> As a consultant who battles regularly with limited toolsets at
> customer sites, this strikes me as an extremely handy way of working.
>
> Has anyone managed to setup a base R configuration that runs entirely
> from USB key? Being a regular user, but no expert, with R, it'd be
> very helpful for me if such a mechanism existed, but I've got no idea
> where to begin in building such a thing.
>
> Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions
>
> Dave M.
>
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