The R Project SVN R

Making the standard installer
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You can make an install package (rw????.exe) in the current Windows
style by using the installer kit Inno Setup 4.1.5 or later (preferably
5.0.6 or later) from jrsoftware.org.

You need the R installation built completely (see ../INSTALL: this
includes making bitmap and Tcl/Tk support and the manuals).
It's worthwhile testing it too!

Go to the parent of this directory and edit ISDIR in ../MkRules and run

make distribution
make clean

You will have rw????.exe and a set of files miniR* for the floppy-sized
distribution, both in the ../cran directory.

Note that building the installers need ca 85Mb of free memory.


Making a custom installer
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1) If you want to customize the installation by adding extra packages,
replace `make distribution' by something like

    make distribution EXTRA_PKGS='pkg1 pkg2 pkg3'

(Note these packages will also be added to the miniR installer.)


2) If you don't want to make R from the sources yourself, make a full
installation of R from the standard installer (that is, select 'Full
Installation' from the 'Select Components' screen), then add packages
and make other customizations.

Edit ISDIR in ../MkRules if you have not already done so.  Then in
this directory run

    make myR IMAGEDIR=rootdir

where `rootdir' is the path to the root of the customized installation
(forward slashes and no spaces, please).