Hi Rescomp:
Thank you for loading R. I am working on a tough global optimization  
problem right now that could use the cluster power.

R relies heavily on "packages" that are maintained mirrored servers  
and which the user installs on an as needed basis. These packages add  
functionality that are in addition to the base install. There are  
hundreds (1-200?) of these packages, each of them quite small in  
size. The end user of R on the cluster, however, will not have rights  
to install these as needed.

I was hoping that you could either download all of them now, or load  
a subset (10-20) that I anticipate needing. Would either of these be  
possible?

Thank you,
Hank Stevens

Dr. Martin Henry H. Stevens, Assistant Professor
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Botany Department
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056

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