I have a shiny new debian linux box and am just about to install R. I'm also a shiny new linux user, so please excuse these naive questions. I've read the 'R Installation and Admin guide (2002-10-01)' and also http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/ReadMe, and I know how to do apt-get install r-base which gives me r-base-core r-base-html r-base-latex r-base-core r-base-html r-base-latex (but not r-base-dev). But I also see a set of pre-compiled binaries for debian woody on CRAN, r-doc, r-gnome, r-recommended, ... and I also read in r-help of peoples' troubles in installing various R packages, tckl stuff (you need to compile with readline, or pcre, or ...) and I'm confused because the Installation and Admin guide is generic and I don't know how the installation process actually works. Can someone help, or point me to some more specific documentation for debian linux? thanks, -Michael -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 05:57:27PM -0500, Michael L Friendly wrote:> I have a shiny new debian linux box and am just about to install R. I'm > also a shiny new linux user, > so please excuse these naive questions. > > I've read the 'R Installation and Admin guide (2002-10-01)' and also > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/ReadMe, and I know how to do > > apt-get install r-base > > which gives me > r-base-core r-base-html r-base-latex r-base-core r-base-html r-base-latexYes as r-base is a "meta" package which pulls in everything which other distro packs as the main R package. [1]> (but not r-base-dev). But I also see a set of pre-compiled binaries forYes, r-base-dev is needed only if you want to install/built other packages. As it depends on other packages, it is not included above.> debian > woody on CRAN, r-doc, r-gnome, r-recommended, ... > and I also read in r-help of peoples' troubles in installing various > R packages, tckl stuff (you need to compile with readline, or pcre, or ...)Those troubles typically come from people using distributions other than Debian. E.g. Gnome and Tcl/tk are supported out of the box under Debian once you install r-base (and get the main r-base-core package) as well as its dependencies.> and I'm confused because the Installation and Admin > guide is generic and I don't know how the installation process actually > works. > > Can someone help, or point me to some more specific documentation > for debian linux?Not really. There are some books about Debian which may be useful. At least one is even included in the distribution. As this is not really R specific, feel free to also ask me in private, or consider mailing the debian-user list. Dirk (Debian maintainer for R) [1] Why so granular? Well, R is a large piece of software, and this gives you degrees of freedom so you can later remove some of, say, the large documentation packages and only retain you preferred format. -- The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. -- John Kenneth Galbraith -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Nov 01, Michael L Friendly wrote:> Can someone help, or point me to some more specific documentation > for debian linux?If you're running Woody, I'd use the packages on CRAN, since they're more up-to-date than the ones shipped in woody; with sarge or sid, use the packages in unstable (although you can get them from CRAN too). To use the CRAN packages, add this to your sources.list: deb http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian woody main For most uses, I'd recommend installing r-recommended and all of its dependencies (apt-get install r-recommended). If you think you'll need to build other things from CRAN (you probably won't), install r-base-dev as well. Note that for anything other than Intel, you'll have to build it yourself or use the autobuilt packages in sid; non-i386 Debian stuff isn't at CRAN. (Dirk may have some extra advice.) Chris -- Chris Lawrence <cnlawren at phy.olemiss.edu> - http://www.lordsutch.com/chris/ Computer Systems Manager, Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Mississippi 125B Lewis Hall - 662-915-5765 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._