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Installation
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Installation
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The distribution can be obtained in two versions:
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The distribution is distributed as a 25Mb installer @RWVER@.exe.
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1) A 24Mb file @RWVER@.exe.  Just run this for a Windows-XP style
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Just run this for a Windows-XP style installer.  It contains all the R
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installer.  It contains all the R components, and you can select what
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components, and you can select what want installed.  If you are using
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want installed.  If you are using an East Asian version of Windows
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an East Asian version of Windows (certainly Chinese, Japanese, Korean
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(certainly Chinese, Japanese, Korean and perhaps Thai and Vietnamese)
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and perhaps Thai and Vietnamese) you need to select the component
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you need to select the component which supplies support for those
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which supplies support for those languages.  (This replace R.dll with
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languages.  (This replace R.dll with a version that is aware of
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a version that is aware of multi-byte locales and depends on
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multi-byte locales and depends on mscvp60.dll.)
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mscvp60.dll.)
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2) Files miniR.exe and miniR-1.bin to miniR-7.bin.  If you need to,
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put miniR.exe and miniR-1.bin on one floppy, and miniR-2.bin to
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miniR-7.bin on separate floppies.
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This is a small installation, containing text help and the
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Introduction to R and Data Import/Export manuals in PDF.  There is no
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package tcltk, and no documentation for packages grid or survival.
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For more details, including command-line options for the installers
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For more details, including command-line options for the installer
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and how to uninstall, see the rw-FAQ.  If you are reading this as part of
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and how to uninstall, see the rw-FAQ.  If you are reading this as part of
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an installed version of R, that's both file rw-FAQ in this directory
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an installed version of R, that's both file rw-FAQ in this directory
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and file doc\html\rw-FAQ.html.
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and file doc\html\rw-FAQ.html.
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Rgui.exe runs as a standard Windows GUI executable and provides an R
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Rgui.exe runs as a standard Windows GUI executable and provides an R
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console in its own window.  It takes the standard R command-line
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console in its own window.  It takes the standard R command-line
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arguments; these are most easily set by making a shortcut to
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arguments; these are most easily set by making a shortcut to
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...\@RWVER@\bin\Rgui.exe and adding the arguments in the Target field.
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...\@RWVER@\bin\Rgui.exe and adding the arguments in the Target field.
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Set the `Start in' field of the shortcut to the directory you want to use
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Set the `Start in' field of the shortcut to the directory you want to
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as the working directory (where workspaces and files are saved to and
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use as the working directory (where workspaces and files are saved to
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loaded from).  The @RWVER@.exe and miniR.exe installers create a
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and loaded from).  The installers creates a shortcut on the desktop
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shortcut on the desktop for you (by default).
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for you (by default).
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You have a choice of interface: SDI (separate windows) or MDI
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You have a choice of interface: SDI (separate windows) or MDI
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(multiple child windows in one large window).  MDI is the default:
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(multiple child windows in one large window).  MDI is the default:
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select SDI by adding --sdi in the Target field.
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select SDI by adding --sdi in the Target field.
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