I am using R as part of a government contract on government issued hardware. I am not an administrator of the computer although R can process and install packages. Unfortunately, updating both R and RStudio require admin permissions on my machine. That said, I am running R 3.4.3. I am trying to use…

A few examples: IT was allowed to install R, but was not aware whether TeX was permitted and did not install it. Rtools similarly was not installed because not explicitly approved for installation in advance by IT (this process of reviewing programs for install/update can take >3 weeks) packrat i…

Hi @cochetti , Thanks for this feedback. As a former government contractor working on GFEs, I feel your pain. packrat only depends on tools and utils (part of a base R install), so you should be able to install without the suggested packages. This stack overflow post has some nice information on how…

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