Dear Ista, I've updated the Rcmdr installation notes at <http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/installation-notes.html> with specific instructions for Ubuntu.
Thanks, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Ista Zahn [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: February-15-09 11:03 AM > To: John Fox > Cc: G. Jay Kerns; [email protected]; R-sig-teaching > Subject: Re: [R-sig-teaching] installing Rcmdr > > Hi John, > Yes, please feel free to use my suggestions in any way you wish, with > any modifications you want. The procedure is designed to be sufficient > rather than necessary, and you are correct that some of the steps can > be omitted. > > -Ista > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM, John Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Jay, Bob, Ista, > > > > I, too, have installed Rcmdr on Ubuntu systems several times with no > > problems. I suspect that r-base-dev wasn't installed and that Ista's > > procedure will produce the desired result. > > > > Ista: Do you mind if I add your procedure, slightly edited and with credit, > > to the Rcmdr installation page? Step 6, however, shouldn't be necessary > > after installing with dep=TRUE, nor, I think, should step 3, since there's > > only R code in the Rcmdr package. > > > > Regards, > > John > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > > [mailto:r-sig-teaching-boun...@r- > >> project.org] On Behalf Of Ista Zahn > >> Sent: February-14-09 11:12 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Cc: R-sig-teaching > >> Subject: Re: [R-sig-teaching] installing Rcmdr > >> > >> I've found the version of R in the Ubuntu repository is almost always > >> out of date. Here is the process I follow: > >> > >> 1) Add the R repository (see http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/). > >> 2) Install R and the dev package: sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev > >> 3) Install any packages needed to build a particular package. In this > >> case something like sudo apt-get build-dep r-cran-rcmdr (I'm not on my > >> ubuntu machine at the moment so I'm not sure the package name is > >> correct). > >> 4) Start R from the command line as root so I can install packages > >> system-wide: sudo R > >> 5) From the R command prompt, install Rcmdr: > > >> install.packages("Rcmdr", dep=TRUE) > >> 6) Start Rcmdr and install additional packages when prompted. > >> > >> I've never had this procedure fail to produce a working installation. > >> > >> Hope it helps, > >> Ista > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > > [mailto:r-sig-teaching-boun...@r- > >> project.org] On Behalf Of G. Jay Kerns > >> Sent: February-14-09 9:55 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Cc: R-sig-teaching > >> Subject: Re: [R-sig-teaching] installing Rcmdr > >> > >> Dear Robert, > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Robert W. Hayden <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > > >> > Last weekend I visited my sister and her husband and installed R on > >> > their Ubuntu 8.04 machine and tried to add Rcmdr. I had endless > >> > trouble most of which seemed to be because R (or Rcmdr) seemed to want > >> > a Fortran compiler (or a Fortran-to-C translator). A smaller number > >> > of error mesages (out of many pages thereof) were removed by > >> > installing what appeared to be a library of Fortran linear algebra > >> > routines (lblas?). Even then Rcmdr complained about missing packages > >> > when I ran it, and though it offered to install them, the installation > >> > failed in every case, with no useful error messages. > >> > > >> > I have installed R and Rcmdr many times before to Windows and various > >> > Linux distributions (it's on this Debian right now) and never had so > >> > much trouble. Did I do something wrong? Is there a problem with R on > >> > Ubuntu? I have programmed in Fortran so I don't mind adding a > >> > compiler and I've taught linear algebra so I don't mind adding linear > >> > algebra routines, but there is no way my students would ever figure > >> > out that was needed. I also noted that Rcmdr had a MUCH longer list > >> > of dependencies than I remember. All of this has me worried about > >> > using R in an introductory course for folks who are not computer > >> > science majors. > >> > > >> > Has anyone encountered a similar problem? I used whatever version of > >> > R is in the Ubuntu repository. I seem to remember 2.4 though that > >> > seems a bit old. > >> > > >> > -------> First-time AP Stats. teacher? Help is on the way! See > >> > > >> > > > http://courses.ncssm.edu/math/Stat_Inst/Stats2007/Bob%20Hayden/Relief.html > >> > > >> > Robert W. Hayden in the old library at 212 Main Street (P. O. Box 450) > >> > North Troy, VT 05859 phone (802) 988-2587 web site > > http://statland.org/ > >> > email bob statland.org (add your own "@" and save me some spam) > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > [email protected] mailing list > >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching > >> > > >> > >> > >> I am and have been using Rcmdr on Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04, and currently on > >> 8.10. I used 32 bit Ubuntu for 7.10 and 8.04, but on 8.10 I am using > >> both 32 and 64 bit versions. For the record, I have had no problems > >> whatsoever installing Rcmdr. > >> > >> First thought (and you didn't mention): are you sure that you have the > >> r-base-dev Ubuntu package installed? If you do not have that > >> installed, then you won't be able to build _anything_. > >> > >> If you already have r-base-dev....? it is good practice to install the > >> packages from the repository with Synaptic (which it sounds like is > >> what you did), since in those cases, dependencies are marked > >> automatically for installation most of the time. Another thing that > >> you could try is to right-click on packages in Synaptic - it gives > >> other packages "suggested" for installation. In some cases, > >> installing these extra packages helped me with installation problems > >> elsewhere, too. > >> > >> And you could consider contacting John Fox directly. He's great about > >> responding quickly, thoughtfully, and accurately. > >> > >> Good luck. > >> Jay > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> *************************************************** > >> G. Jay Kerns, Ph.D. > >> Associate Professor > >> Department of Mathematics & Statistics > >> Youngstown State University > >> Youngstown, OH 44555-0002 USA > >> Office: 1035 Cushwa Hall > >> Phone: (330) 941-3310 Office (voice mail) > >> -3302 Department > >> -3170 FAX > >> E-mail: [email protected] > >> http://www.cc.ysu.edu/~gjkerns/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> [email protected] mailing list > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching > > > > > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching
