Matthieu,
Have you tried installing it? We have just updated the versions of R on
CRAN and maybe the bug the package website mentions have been fixed.
In order to have multiple version of R installed, you will need to build
the second version from source. Here are the details:
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Installing-R-under-Unix_002dalikes
You must be very careful to install R in a different location and have a
different location for the lib files. Read carefully through the
section of Unix-like systems to see which options you need to set. The
good news is that you can always reinstall R 2.10 from apt-get or
synaptic if the versions cross.
Another option to consider is using a virtual machine (I use Virtual
Box, which is open source) with the needed version of R on it. You can
share data files between the host and virtual machine, if needed.
Hope this helps,
Michael
Matthieu Stigler wrote:
Hi
I want to use a special package (openMx:
http://openmx.psyc.virginia.edu/installing-openmx) that runs currently
only on R 2.9 but I have R 2.10 installed (from CRAN).
How can I do to have the two versions ( 2.9 and czrrent 2.10) running?
Is there a trick with apt-get or should I compile 2.9 from the sources?
And if yes, how can I specify a special path for R 2.9 so that by
default 2.10 is used?
Thanks a lot!
Matthieu Stigler
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