Hi Marc, I do this quite often with Tcl-Tk. All you have to do is make sure that the PATH contains the correct location for the R executable if you don't specify it within your program.
Jim On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 1:58 AM Marc Capavanni via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I'm currently using R on Windows as part of a piece of software and when > I'm providing it to users I have an application that runs the R > installation file with an INF file containing the following settings as to > not disrupt existing installs of R on their system. > > [Setup] > Lang=en > Dir=.\R_Install\ > Group=R > NoIcons=1 > SetupType=user32 > Components=main,i386 > Tasks= > [R] > MDISDI=MDI > HelpStyle=HTML > > The aim using this INF file is that the install should not touch the > registry, or add any icons/shortcuts anywhere. > > This R install does not need to do much aside from provide the R > executables (particularly rscript.exe) for use, so I don't need it to be on > the PATH, for it to handle R files being double clicked by the user, etc. > > However, I've recently found that taking the installed R folder and using > it on another PC without running the installer *seems* to work just fine > (at least for my use case of simply accessible the executables). This would > make "installing"/"uninstalling" easier as it would simply be a case of > copying the folder, and later on deleting it. > > I was wondering if there is anything I'm missing here that would make this > not feasible. > > Can I safely use an installed R folder, as a base for copying it to other > PCs in a portable manner? > > Thanks, > Marc > > [[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. ______________________________________________ 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.
