Dear Simon, > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Urbanek [mailto:simon.urba...@r-project.org] > Sent: July-14-10 11:28 AM > To: John Fox > Cc: r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] distributing a customized R to students? > > > On Jul 14, 2010, at 9:22 AM, John Fox wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Could anyone suggest how to prepare a customized R CD to distribute to > > students? > > > > What I do for students using Windows (still the large majority of those in > > my class) is to prepare an R-for-Windows installer that installs a > > customized R along with the Rcmdr package and all its dependencies. I'd > like > > to prepare something similar, if possible, for students using Mac OS X. > > Along with R, the Rcmdr package has many dependencies and requires that X11 > > and Tcl/Tk for X Windows are installed. > > > > It's easily possible - you can use Apple's PackageMaker (that is what we use > for official R distributions).
OK -- thanks. I've found the documentation for PakageMaker on Apple's website. Best, John > > Cheers, > Simon > > > > If it's not possible to create an installer that will install everything > > necessary in one step, is there another approach to distributing the > > required components on a CD? The object is to make the installation as > > simple as possible, since many of my students find software installation > > challenging. > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > -------------------------------- > > John Fox > > Senator William McMaster > > Professor of Social Statistics > > Department of Sociology > > McMaster University > > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > > web: socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac