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R-ArcGIS / r-bridge-install

Install the R ArcGIS Tools
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Offline Installation #7

Closed ruckc closed 8 years ago

ruckc commented 9 years ago

It would be nice if this tool supported offline installation.

ruckc commented 9 years ago

This is fairly frustrating... your install_package.py's install_package function isn't even broken out into fetch_package and install_package and symlink_package. I sarcastically love the assumption of constant, always on full internet connectivity. You don't even define internet connectivity as a prerequisite to using this installation.

scw commented 9 years ago

I've added internet connectivity as a prerequisite in the README. We don't currently have offline installation instructions, particularly because for most users in most environments, they need to install R packages to use the bridge effectively, and we haven't yet approached that problem in a holistic fashion (e.g. how to allow our users to fully use R in an offline environment).

That said, you don't need this package to start using R from ArcGIS. You can manually download the package release, install the included arcgisbinding package into your R environment, and you should be good from there. To install on the R side, follow this screencast, that should give you access from the R side.This installation package is intended to simplify the installation process for less technical users, and link up the package installation for 10.3.1.

scw commented 8 years ago

FIxed the offline installation use-case, let me know if you have further issues or problems.