Better yet, forget reading the SUSE manual. For a user at your level who wants to begin with Linux, but also wants a system that "just works" use Ubuntu. It is Debian based with the convenient apt-get installation system and very user-friendly.
Brett www.ubuntu.com Gabor Csardi wrote: > Tom, > > I'm irritated as well. Your email should go to some suse mailing list, > this is a suse problem, it has (almost) nothing to do with R. > > Unfortunately i can't help you (even if i wanted), because i don't want to > read the suse manuals. But if you want to use suse you may consider reading > them. > > Gabor > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 09:05:22PM +0200, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: >> I have started with using R on Windows, and I am really happy about >> the system. Now, one of my other ambitions is to learn how to use >> Linux, so yesterday I downloaded OpenSuse and installed that. The >> next problem was to try to use R with Linux. And there I met the >> wall. I've understood that RPM's are somewhat like installing >> programs on Windows, so that was downloaded and started with YAST. >> >> And got some error messages about missing stuff. The first reactions >> is surprise -- there must be an error in the installation procedure. >> I have never (well, almost) met an installation procedure on Windows >> that did not include everything needed. And the installation of R on >> Windows was very smooth. Then I discover to my big surprise that the >> readme file says that I need to have eight installed packages. Then >> it says "Most of them are included in a standard install". Sigh. >> Then the problem next is to find out which of the eight I already have >> and which ones I need to locate somewhere. Where can I find them I >> wonder. Somewhere on the net? And that is how far I got today. >> >> So, one of the complaints I have is that the instructions for >> installing R on Linux are very cryptic, and to a large extent assume >> that you already know Linux. Which I do not. And I expect >> instructions on installing should be simple and clear. But I am a >> very experienced computer user, so I really expect to be able to >> understand instructions. I cannot expect my students to manage what I >> cannot manage myself, so Linux is out, or at least Suse Linux. And >> that is a pity, for a number of reasons. >> >> The second is just as much surprise at the installation procedure. >> Under Windows there are any number of installers which make it easy >> for a programmer to put together all the files needed and place them >> in the right place. >> >> And simeone should get the OpenSuse people to include R in the >> installation. >> >> Tom >> >> +----------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Tom Backer Johnsen, Psychometrics Unit, Faculty of Psychology | >> | University of Bergen, Christies gt. 12, N-5015 Bergen, NORWAY | >> | Tel : +47-5558-9185 Fax : +47-5558-9879 | >> | Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL : http://www.galton.uib.no/ | >> +----------------------------------------------------------------+ >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
