The Rtools installer downloads and installs fast enough, this cannot be beaten by downloading and extracting an image.
Archives and disk images that contain Rtools which is needed to build R packages with C/C++ or Fortran code on Windows.
Built by AppVeyor. Uses innounp and the cygwin port of cdrtools.
Most recent version: Rtools.vhd.gz
Earlier versions are available through the AppVeyor build history in the corresponding "ARTIFACTS" section of the individual builds. (Direct link to the artifacts for the latest build.)
GPL-3 © Kirill Müller.