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Subject: Non-GPL packages for R Packages that are not licensed in a way that permits re-distribution on CRAN are frequently a source of comment and concern on R-help and other lists. A good example of this problem is the Rdonlp2 package that has caused a lot of annoyance for a number of optimization users in R. They are also an issue for efforts like Dirk Eddelbuettel's cran2deb. There

I'm planning to try to use Mike Powell's new BOBYQA optimization routine to see if it is a good candidate to eventually replace Nelder-Mead as the optim() default. (Don't panic -- this won't happen quickly.) Mike writes f77 code. After some chasing about, I've realized that because optimization codes need to call the objective function written in R, they need to use a language

Some packages are available in cran2deb and Debian. After adding cran2deb to my sources.list it seems the cran2deb ones are favored because X.Y-ZcranN is "more recent" than X.Y-Z. In the case of r-cran-rmpi the effect of this was to cause aptitude to want to uninstall all my mpi stuff. Apparently the automatically generated package doesn't have mpi as a dependency. I just put a

Hi, I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 amd64 with cran2deb packages (I know it's meant for Debian, it's worked fine for me for many months). Recently apt-get update has to started to complain: ... Hit http://debian.cran.r-project.org testing/ Release Get:1 http://debian.cran.r-project.org testing/ Packages [515kB] Fetched 1B in 3s (0B/s) W: Failed to fetch

[ Kevin sent this to me but agreed that it's better to have this discussed here. ] On 30 January 2010 at 12:18, Kevin Donnelly wrote: | Hi | | I'm beginning to learn R,a nd I've just discovered cran2deb - what a terrific | resource! Thanks for making it. | | I was wondering what happens if I want to use cran2deb versions instead of the | versions installed via R itself. I'm

Hi, I am curious what will happen to cran2deb: deb http://debian.cran.r-project.org/cran2deb/debian-amd64 testing/ When Squeeze is released? I really hope this service will continue. It has been great being able to aptitude install R packages. Additionally are these packages signed and is there a key? Chris

Dear Michael, I was looking up the status of the cran2deb effort and notice that you now have a PPA where new packages are landing and being built for Ubuntu. It looks like this is still a work in progress, but is already a fantastic resource for me and I hope it is something that you can continue to operate. I'm now installing many of these packages but some things I need are missing.

Announcing cran2deb: 1700+ Debian packages from almost all of CRAN ------------------------------------------------------------------ Last Friday's presentation at UseR! 2009 was the first really public mention of 'cran2deb'. It provides Debian packages of all of CRAN. It started as Charles' project from last year's Google Summer of Code, was further extended by us over the

What is the relation between the cran2deb repository, http://debian.cran.r-project.org/, and the debian repositories at CRAN, http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/? I've studied the pages and this list, but am unsure I've got it right. My understanding is that cran2deb had almost all packages, targets testing, and currently is only supported for i386. It appears the debian repo at

The cran2deb archives target testing. I just pulled a package from them onto a stable system; the library loaded but said > library(akima) Warning message: package 'akima' was built under R version 2.10.0 Are this and other packages likely to work correctly with different R's (2.7 in the case of stable)? How well are they likely to work with a backported R? The R version would

Dear all Recently I noticed that there are name clashes between the packages proposed in the Debian testing repos and cran2deb. For example, Synaptic proposes to upgrade from xtable 1.5-6-1cran1 (cran2deb, up-to-date CRAN version) to 1.5.5-1 (testing, older version). Is there anything that can be done about these clashes? Liviu -- Do you know how to read?

Dear All, I am running (X)Ubuntu 9.10 for the amd64 architecture on both my laptop e desktop. I came across the posts http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1336062 http://www.mail-archive.com/r-sig-debian at r-project.org/msg00892.html So it looks like that I will not be able to safely use cran2deb together with Ubuntu, but I simply would like to make sure that this is the way things

Hi everyone, I am using the backports from http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/lucid/ on Lucid and would like to create a bunch of additional r-cran packages on my workstation. Where can I find the latest scripts to automatically create those packages? Is https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/cran2deb/ still up-to-date? Best -Dominique

Hi All, just to check, is cran2deb available for Karmic Koala (ideally also for a amd_64)? Cheers, Fede -- Federico C. F. Calboli Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Imperial College, St. Mary's Campus Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG Tel +44 (0)20 75941602 Fax +44 (0)20 75943193 f.calboli [.a.t] imperial.ac.uk f.calboli [.a.t] gmail.com

Sorry if this has been answered somewhere else (didn't see it), but is cran2deb fully compatible with Ubuntu? Novice question: I use install.packages() within R. The pros of using sudo apt-get instead seem obvious, but are there any cons I should know about? Thanks -- Etienne Lalibert? ================================ School of Forestry University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800

[ Kevin sent this to me but agreed that it's better to have this discussed here. ] On 30 January 2010 at 11:35, Kevin Donnelly wrote: | I am using Ubuntu 9.10. Installing r-cran-latticist asks for r-cran-vr to | be installed as well, but this gives the following message: | E: /var/cache/apt/archives/r-cran-vr_7.2.47-1_i386.deb: trying to overwrite |

Breaking News - Powell resigns as FCC Chair Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell announced his resignation today (January 21, 2005) and will step down in March. In a brief statement on the FCC's website (www.fcc.gov) Powell said, "Having completed a bold and aggressive agenda, it is time for me to pursue other opportunities and let someone else take the reins

Hi i´m starting to work with free software (with free as in freedom) i've been working with GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System) to solve static and dynamic optimization problems and non-linear large systems of equations i'm wondering if there is any free software and documentation on the subject, wether in R, Maxima, or something else i will appreciate any help and any references

Folks, Has anyone implemented Powell's Method for minimisation in R ? Many thanks, Tolga

I have used Mike Powell's optimization routine (VA05AD) from the Harwell Subroutine Library (HSL) for more than 20 years. It is no exaggeration to say that it has helped make my career (thanks Mike). I recently learned that I am not alone in this respect - apparently it still has a loyal following in all sorts of fields! It is an exceedingly fine piece of software - fast, reliable and easy to