R for Windows RT

Question

In a course, students have to install R on their computers. One of the students has a Windows RT (aka Windows 8.1 RT?) machine (a kind of MS Surface) and told me she cannot install R on the computer ("This app can't run on your PC" message shows up). Knowing nothing about Windows RT and after researching about it on the internet, I leaned that Windows RT does not really allow to install anything except from its own store (I don't know if this is true or not).

Are there any ways to install R on Windows RT?

Answer 1

From the MS website:

With Windows RT 8.1, you can install apps directly from the Windows Store, but you can't install desktop apps that you used with previous versions of Windows.

So the answer is no. You cannot install R on windows RT.

Answer 2

Searh for jailbreak windows rt, you need to follow the instructions and only perform this whenever you need to install non Microsft RT software.