[R] Is R portable?

[John Kane]

I simply installed R onto a USB stick, downloaded my
normal packages to it and it works fine under Windows.
 

--- Roland Rau <roland.rproject at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> 
> did you check the R for Windows FAQ?
> 
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#Can-I-run-R-from-a-CD-or-USB-drive_003f
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Roland
> 
> 
> Tom Backer Johnsen wrote:
> > Recently I came across an interesting web site: 
> > http://portableapps.com/.  The idea is simple,
> this is software that 
> > is possible to install and run on some type of USB
> memory, a stick or 
> > one of these hard disks.  I can think of a number
> of situations where 
> > this could be handy.  In addition memory sticks
> are getting cheaper 
> > and more powerful by the day.
> > 
> > So:  Is it possible to run R off one of these
> sticks?
> > 
> > I am also informed that it is possible to run
> Latex in this manner.
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
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