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 <ggrothendi...@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 > <jmtrup...@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 <ggrothendi...@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 > >> <jmtrup...@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 > >> > > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >> > > >> > ______________________________________________ > >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Statistics & Software Consulting > >> GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > >> tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > >> email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > > > > -- > Statistics & Software Consulting > GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. > tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP > email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
