michael watson (IAH-C) wrote: > I opened this hoping someone had installed R on windows mobile or simbian.... > :( > I think that's Symbian with a 'y'.
The toolchain availability tends to get in the way. Linux-based gadgets could prove easier. I do wonder from time to time whether there really is a market for R on cellphones... > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Duncan Murdoch > Sent: Tue 04/12/2007 10:54 PM > To: Tom Backer Johnsen > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [R] Is R portable? > > > > On 04/12/2007 5:25 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: > >> Prof Brian Ripley wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, John Kane wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I simply installed R onto a USB stick, downloaded my >>>> normal packages to it and it works fine under Windows. >>>> >>> Yes, on Windows, but >>> >>> 1) There are other OSes, >>> >>> 2) This didn't just happen: it needed some careful design, including >>> some caching to make it run fast from a USB disk. >>> >> Nice to discover good planning. Am I then correct in my >> understanding: Installing R under Windows does not require any >> registry entries, the installation is essentially to unpack the >> necessary files in the correct directories? >> > > Yes. It does record some information in the registry, but that's purely > optional. The only problem you're likely to run into is using external > software with R, that might look in the registry to find where R was > installed. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > 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. > -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list 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.
