Has anyone out there compiled R for the Umbutu Linux* (ne? Debian) v. 5.04 distribution for Intel-type platforms (32 and 64 bit) ? Thank you, Derek Eder * Umbutu, a popular new Linux distribution, not a Nigerian scam, I promise! http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ -- Derek Eder SDS KLINIKEN Vasaplatsen 8 SE 411 34 G?teborg (Gothenburg) Sweden phone: +46 (31)* - 10 77 80 fax: +46 (31)* - 10 77 81 mobile: +46 (31)* 0709 721 283 * note: (031) within Sweden webpage: www.sdskliniken.se www.neuro.gu.se/sad
Derek Eder wrote:> Has anyone out there compiled R for the Umbutu Linux* (ne? Debian) v. > 5.04 distribution for Intel-type platforms (32 and 64 bit) ?> * Umbutu, a popular new Linux distribution, not a Nigerian scam, I > promise! http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ >That's 'Ubuntu'. If you run the package manager ("synaptic") and set up your repository settings to include 'universe' then you should see a bunch of R-related stuff in the 'Mathematics (universe)' section, for R 2.0.1. You should then be only a few clicks away from an R install. If you need any help setting up the Ubuntu package manager in this way, best to ask on an Ubuntu discussion list. Baz
When I set up an old weak PC to become a "real workstation" at home, by installing Ubuntu (spelling!), I was able to quickly get many debian packages that were not part of ubuntu proper (including "R-base-dev", "ess") by outcommenting something like "universe" (forgot the exact name) in the /etc/apt/sources.list file, and then simply something like apt-get install r-base-dev apt-get install r-recommended apt-get install r-doc-info apt-get install ess Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich>>>>> "Derek" == Derek Eder <derek.eder at sdskliniken.se> >>>>> on Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:19:19 +0200 writes:Derek> Has anyone out there compiled R for the Umbutu Linux* (ne? Debian) v. Derek> 5.04 distribution for Intel-type platforms (32 and 64 bit) ? Derek> Thank you, Derek> Derek Eder Derek> * Umbutu, a popular new Linux distribution, not a Nigerian scam, I Derek> promise! http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Please fix the spelling, it's "ubuntu" -- how do you manage to achieve two typos in one word ?!
Derek Eder <derek.eder at sdskliniken.se> writes:> Has anyone out there compiled R for the Umbutu Linux* (ne? Debian) v. > 5.04 distribution for Intel-type platforms (32 and 64 bit) ? > > Thank you, > > Derek EderEr, U*bun*tu, you mean? I believe you just use the standard Debian packages and tools like apt-get to install them. Have a look at http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/02/11878.html (which shows that Dirk cannot spell it either...) and related messages in that thread. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 15:19 +0200, Derek Eder wrote:> Has anyone out there compiled R for the Umbutu Linux* (ne? Debian) v. > 5.04 distribution for Intel-type platforms (32 and 64 bit) ? > > Thank you, > > Derek Eder > > * Umbutu, a popular new Linux distribution, not a Nigerian scam, I > promise! http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ >Well, if you mean Ubuntu (and Debian is still there: she's not married to Ubuntu but kept her name), I have some experience (though not on Intel -- later about that). First, it seems that R is not in standard Ubuntu base, but you can find it in the "universe", and install as a binary. However, the rhythms are a bit off. Previous Ubuntu release was about simultaneously with the R-2.0.x release, and you got R-1.9.1 in Ubuntu. The current release of Ubuntu was last week, and R is up to next week. This means that you're lagging behind by one cycle in R with these predictable and regular release cycles. However, Ubuntu is a Linux which means that you can compile R from the sources quite easily. I did this with Ubuntu 4.04, and compilation went smoothly (like usually). However, I did this in ppc (32bit, or G4), and some tests failed (at least in 'foreign': I haven't studied this in more detail). The base R seems to work OK, though. Alternatively, you can use real Debian packages from its testing repository. Ubuntu does not recommend using native Debian packages, but I guess with R you can do this fairly safely (the general problem is a potential conflict in version naming which may lead to conflicts in upgrades, but I think this is OK with R). So you may get the latest Debian (testing) packages -- as soon as they get through the jungle of dependencies and appear in Debian. cheers, jari oksanen -- Jari Oksanen -- Dept Biology, Univ Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard <at> biostat.ku.dk> writes:> Derek Eder <derek.eder <at> sdskliniken.se> writes: > > > Has anyone out there compiled R for the Umbutu Linux* (ne? Debian) v. > > 5.04 distribution for Intel-type platforms (32 and 64 bit) ?[...]> > Er, U*bun*tu, you mean? I believe you just use the standard Debian > packages and tools like apt-get to install them. > > Have a look at > > http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/02/11878.html > > (which shows that Dirk cannot spell it either...) and related messages > in that thread.Yes, I think we can reject the null hypothesis of "Dirk can type" at all convential significance levels. Dirk