How to create a truncated version of R?

Question

I am trying to create a minimal / truncated version of R. The goal is a small footprint on the disk. RTerm must load and support basic functions such as creating built-in types (matrix, array, list, etc.) and simple math (e.g. matrix multiplication). I am using a standard Windows installation for 2.15.3.

Here is what I have successfully removed so far:

• all files in the root directory
• Most libraries. I deleted all libraries not attached by default.
• Doc directory
• Directory 'tests'
• Tcl directory
• Src directory
• Include directory
• Share directory

So, I have the following directories left:

• Ben
• etc. Library
• (see above)
• Modules

Any bad consequences for the above? What else can be safely removed?

Answer 1

I stuck to what I posted. Worked flawlessly. There is probably an opportunity to reduce more, but the proposed reductions give a very small area.