[R] Portable R in zip file for Windows

[Gabor Grothendieck]

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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