I have been successfully been using R on my EEE PC for some while
now. Although it uses Xandros I have been able to install various
pieces of software by pretending that it was Debian etch. Johannes
was kind enough to continue providing binaries on CRAN for a while
but I think I am the only person still living in the past as CRAN
etch is currently stuck at 2.11.0 and I cannot rely on him to be my
personal IT support for ever. So I decided to go it alone despite all
the warnings against such behaviour on this list.
My plan A was to go for a mixed installation by installing from
squeeze and risk that this would update some other software and
chance it breaking something.
So I pointed my entries in sources.list at the squeeze Debian
repository and at the CRAN squeeze repository and did
sudo apt-get update
sudo -s install r-base r-base-dev
and got the following response
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
r-base-dev: Depends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed
Depends: g++ but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gfortran but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libncurses5-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libreadline-dev
Depends: libjpeg-dev
Depends: libpcre3-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libpng12-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: zlib1g-dev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libbz2-dev but it is not going to be installed
Now the funny thing is that if I do
which gfortran
it tells me I have gfortran on my path.
Before I move on to Plan B which is to download the sources and
compile them myself would anyone like to advise me what is going
wrong and whether this will mean that Plan B is doomed to fail before I start.
Plan C is to run one of the Debian or Ubuntu tailored EEE PC versions
off a USB stuck but I find the documentation for doing that hard to grasp.
You might find it helpful to know that more or less all I know of
Linux is gained from reading this list and that I am still at the
stage where I regard setting up a symbolic link as a major achievement.
Michael Dewey
info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk
http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html
I don't know how committed you are to the Xandros interface. I am friends with some of the people who built that distro here in Ottawa. They did a good job, but the distro is now dead, and they don't use it themselves any more, so you will definitely be on your own. For what it is worth, I've found R runs very nicely on the Eee's using CrunchBang linux, which is a debian squeeze variant. I can use the R debian packages. Best, JN On 11/30/2011 10:33 AM, Michael Dewey wrote:> I have been successfully been using R on my EEE PC for some while now. Although it uses > Xandros I have been able to install various pieces of software by pretending that it was > Debian etch. Johannes was kind enough to continue providing binaries on CRAN for a while > but I think I am the only person still living in the past as CRAN etch is currently stuck > at 2.11.0 and I cannot rely on him to be my personal IT support for ever. So I decided to > go it alone despite all the warnings against such behaviour on this list. > > My plan A was to go for a mixed installation by installing from squeeze and risk that this > would update some other software and chance it breaking something. > So I pointed my entries in sources.list at the squeeze Debian repository and at the CRAN > squeeze repository and did > sudo apt-get update > sudo -s install r-base r-base-dev > and got the following response > Reading package lists... > Building dependency tree... > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > r-base-dev: Depends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed > Depends: g++ but it is not going to be installed > Depends: gfortran but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libncurses5-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libreadline-dev > Depends: libjpeg-dev > Depends: libpcre3-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libpng12-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: zlib1g-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libbz2-dev but it is not going to be installed > > Now the funny thing is that if I do > which gfortran > it tells me I have gfortran on my path. > > Before I move on to Plan B which is to download the sources and compile them myself would > anyone like to advise me what is going wrong and whether this will mean that Plan B is > doomed to fail before I start. > > Plan C is to run one of the Debian or Ubuntu tailored EEE PC versions off a USB stuck but > I find the documentation for doing that hard to grasp. > > You might find it helpful to know that more or less all I know of Linux is gained from > reading this list and that I am still at the stage where I regard setting up a symbolic > link as a major achievement. > > > Michael Dewey > info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk > http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
2011-Nov-30 20:52 UTC
[R-sig-Debian] Upgrading R on my EEE PC netbook
On 11/30/11 10:51, John C Nash wrote:>[...] > CrunchBang linux, which is a debian squeeze > variant. I can use the R debian packages.Nice! ~K
I think switching from Xandros may be the simplest answer in the long term. I abandoned Xandros on my Eee 701 and switched it to Ubuntu 10.10 which I found an OK combination (I haven't upgraded as I hardly ever use that machine now, I use 11.10 on my main PC). Installation (rather than running the entire OS) from a USB stick was not too difficult as I recall, although if you can find someone who will lend you a USB CD drive installation from a CD would be incredibly simple. Regards Mike On 12/01/2011 03:00 AM, r-sig-debian-request at r-project.org wrote:> Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:33:10 +0000 > From: Michael Dewey<info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk> > To: r-sig-debian at r-project.org > Subject: [R-sig-Debian] Upgrading R on my EEE PC netbook > Message-ID:<Zen-1RVm9O-0008RP-T3 at smarthost03.mail.zen.net.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > I have been successfully been using R on my EEE PC for some while > now. Although it uses Xandros I have been able to install various > pieces of software by pretending that it was Debian etch. Johannes > was kind enough to continue providing binaries on CRAN for a while > but I think I am the only person still living in the past as CRAN > etch is currently stuck at 2.11.0 and I cannot rely on him to be my > personal IT support for ever. So I decided to go it alone despite all > the warnings against such behaviour on this list. > > My plan A was to go for a mixed installation by installing from > squeeze and risk that this would update some other software and > chance it breaking something. > So I pointed my entries in sources.list at the squeeze Debian > repository and at the CRAN squeeze repository and did > sudo apt-get update > sudo -s install r-base r-base-dev > and got the following response > Reading package lists... > Building dependency tree... > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > r-base-dev: Depends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed > Depends: g++ but it is not going to be installed > Depends: gfortran but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libncurses5-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libreadline-dev > Depends: libjpeg-dev > Depends: libpcre3-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libpng12-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: zlib1g-dev but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libbz2-dev but it is not going to be installed > > Now the funny thing is that if I do > which gfortran > it tells me I have gfortran on my path. > > Before I move on to Plan B which is to download the sources and > compile them myself would anyone like to advise me what is going > wrong and whether this will mean that Plan B is doomed to fail before I start. > > Plan C is to run one of the Debian or Ubuntu tailored EEE PC versions > off a USB stuck but I find the documentation for doing that hard to grasp. > > You might find it helpful to know that more or less all I know of > Linux is gained from reading this list and that I am still at the > stage where I regard setting up a symbolic link as a major achievement. > > > Michael Dewey > info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk > http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:51:30 -0500 > From: John C Nash<nashjc at uottawa.ca> > To: Michael Dewey<info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk> > Cc: r-sig-debian at r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] Upgrading R on my EEE PC netbook > Message-ID:<4ED65102.4040605 at uottawa.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I don't know how committed you are to the Xandros interface. I am friends with some of the > people who built that distro here in Ottawa. They did a good job, but the distro is now > dead, and they don't use it themselves any more, so you will definitely be on your own. > > For what it is worth, I've found R runs very nicely on the Eee's using CrunchBang linux, > which is a debian squeeze variant. I can use the R debian packages. > > Best, JN > > > On 11/30/2011 10:33 AM, Michael Dewey wrote: >> I have been successfully been using R on my EEE PC for some while now. Although it uses >> Xandros I have been able to install various pieces of software by pretending that it was >> Debian etch. Johannes was kind enough to continue providing binaries on CRAN for a while >> but I think I am the only person still living in the past as CRAN etch is currently stuck >> at 2.11.0 and I cannot rely on him to be my personal IT support for ever. So I decided to >> go it alone despite all the warnings against such behaviour on this list. >> >> My plan A was to go for a mixed installation by installing from squeeze and risk that this >> would update some other software and chance it breaking something. >> So I pointed my entries in sources.list at the squeeze Debian repository and at the CRAN >> squeeze repository and did >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo -s install r-base r-base-dev >> and got the following response >> Reading package lists... >> Building dependency tree... >> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have >> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable >> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created >> or been moved out of Incoming. >> The following information may help to resolve the situation: >> >> The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> r-base-dev: Depends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: g++ but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: gfortran but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: libncurses5-dev but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: libreadline-dev >> Depends: libjpeg-dev >> Depends: libpcre3-dev but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: libpng12-dev but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: zlib1g-dev but it is not going to be installed >> Depends: libbz2-dev but it is not going to be installed >> >> Now the funny thing is that if I do >> which gfortran >> it tells me I have gfortran on my path. >> >> Before I move on to Plan B which is to download the sources and compile them myself would >> anyone like to advise me what is going wrong and whether this will mean that Plan B is >> doomed to fail before I start. >> >> Plan C is to run one of the Debian or Ubuntu tailored EEE PC versions off a USB stuck but >> I find the documentation for doing that hard to grasp. >> >> You might find it helpful to know that more or less all I know of Linux is gained from >> reading this list and that I am still at the stage where I regard setting up a symbolic >> link as a major achievement. >> >> >> Michael Dewey >> info at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk >> http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:52:42 -0800 > From: "Kingsley G. Morse Jr."<kingsley at loaner.com> > To: John C Nash<nashjc at uottawa.ca> > Cc: r-sig-debian at r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] Upgrading R on my EEE PC netbook > Message-ID:<20111130205242.GB7946 at loaner.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On 11/30/11 10:51, John C Nash wrote: >> [...] >> CrunchBang linux, which is a debian squeeze >> variant. I can use the R debian packages. > Nice! > > ~K > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > > > End of R-SIG-Debian Digest, Vol 76, Issue 1 > *******************************************-- Mike Cheetham Graduate Student University of Southern California Department of Earth Sciences http://earth.usc.edu/~cheetham/