Is it possible to run R from a tablet using Honeycomb (Android 3.0)?

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Manoel Galdino picture Manoel Galdino · Apr 18, 2011 · Viewed 18.9k times · Source

I have a Xoom tablet and it would be great if I could run statistical analysis using R on it. As far as I know it is not possible to use R on iPad due to license problems (GPl x iTunes etc.) and a lack of compiler for Fortran in the Apple tablet.

But what about tablets using android? Arguably, the GPL issue is not a problem, so any help here on how to use R on my tablet?

Answer

Andrew picture Andrew · Sep 17, 2012

I used Linux Installer from http://android.galoula.com/en/LinuxInstall/ (my Dezire Z was rooted beforehand), installed stable debian and R! on this Linux install. I`m not a Linux-geek and total time for installation (first time loop file size was insufficient, and I repeated the whole process) wass less than hour however.


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