Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
Brian Edward a écrit : Hello all, I have been a R user for about a year now, running on a MS Windows machine. I am in the process of making a complete switch to open-source. Linux is a new world to me. Ubuntu was my selection of the various distributions. Please pardon this very basic question (I was unable to locate an answer on R or Ubuntu). I used Synaptic to download the necessary files to run. However, I was unable to locate the program using the Add/Remove feature. So, I created a Launcher for R on the desktop and identified the executable file. The path I entered into the Command Line was: /usr/bin/R I can run R in the Terminal, but not as a separate desktop location. So, the short question is, what is the specific command line or configuration I should be using to run R? Or, am I supposed to be running R in the Terminal? Thanks in advance, Brian [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. Dear Edward, R under linux (Ubuntu or other distributions) is not exactly as it is under windows. Under linux, you have to use a shell (or a terminal) to launch R and use it. The main difference between windows and linux version of R, is that R under linux, does not provide the graphical facilities to load and install libraries. To do so under linux, you have to download the tar.gz version of the library from CRAN and use as a root user the command R CMD INSTALL thelibrarytoinstall.tar.gz. You have to install, of course, before, the needed compilers gcc and/or fortran, depend the library you are about to install. Hope it 'll help. Regards -- Cordialement Emmanuel Poizot Cnam/Intechmer B.P. 324 50103 Cherbourg Cedex Phone (Direct) : (00 33)(0)233887342 Fax : (00 33)(0)233887339 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
Poizot Emmanuel wrote: Brian Edward a écrit : Hello all, I have been a R user for about a year now, running on a MS Windows machine. I am in the process of making a complete switch to open-source. Linux is a new world to me. Ubuntu was my selection of the various distributions. Please pardon this very basic question (I was unable to locate an answer on R or Ubuntu). I used Synaptic to download the necessary files to run. However, I was unable to locate the program using the Add/Remove feature. So, I created a Launcher for R on the desktop and identified the executable file. The path I entered into the Command Line was: /usr/bin/R I can run R in the Terminal, but not as a separate desktop location. So, the short question is, what is the specific command line or configuration I should be using to run R? Or, am I supposed to be running R in the Terminal? Thanks in advance, Brian [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. Dear Edward, R under linux (Ubuntu or other distributions) is not exactly as it is under windows. Under linux, you have to use a shell (or a terminal) to launch R and use it. The main difference between windows and linux version of R, is that R under linux, does not provide the graphical facilities to load and install libraries. To do so under linux, you have to download the tar.gz ^ - packages version of the library from CRAN and use as a root user the command R ^^^ - package CMD INSTALL thelibrarytoinstall.tar.gz. You have to install, of course, ^^^ - package before, the needed compilers gcc and/or fortran, depend the library you package - ^^^ Yes, please, it is called a *package*. And you can easily install packages from R by typing: install.packages(thepackagetoinstall) Please see ?install.packages. Uwe Ligges are about to install. Hope it 'll help. Regards __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Uwe Ligges wrote: Poizot Emmanuel wrote: R under linux (Ubuntu or other distributions) is not exactly as it is under windows. Under linux, you have to use a shell (or a terminal) to launch R and use it. The main difference between windows and linux version of R, is that R under linux, does not provide the graphical facilities to load and install libraries. To do so under linux, you have to download the tar.gz ^ - packages version of the library from CRAN and use as a root user the command R ^^^ - package CMD INSTALL thelibrarytoinstall.tar.gz. You have to install, of course, ^^^ - package before, the needed compilers gcc and/or fortran, depend the library you package - ^^^ Yes, please, it is called a *package*. And you can easily install packages from R by typing: install.packages(thepackagetoinstall) Please see ?install.packages. One more quick hint to ex-Windows users: the Rgui menu item runs install.packages(NULL, dependencies = TRUE) and that will bring up a graphical menu to select packages even on Linux (provided tcltk is working). -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
Uwe Ligges wrote: Brian Edward wrote: Hello all, I have been a R user for about a year now, running on a MS Windows machine. I am in the process of making a complete switch to open-source. Linux is a new world to me. Ubuntu was my selection of the various distributions. Please pardon this very basic question (I was unable to locate an answer on R or Ubuntu). I used Synaptic to download the necessary files to run. However, I was unable to locate the program using the Add/Remove feature. So, I created a Launcher for R on the desktop and identified the executable file. The path I entered into the Command Line was: /usr/bin/R I can run R in the Terminal, but not as a separate desktop location. So, the short question is, what is the specific command line or configuration I should be using to run R? Or, am I supposed to be running R in the Terminal? Short answer: yes, long answer, yes, unless you want to use some very capable editor as an environment such ass Emacs + ESS. Look up the documentation and the list archives fo details on Emacs and ESS. Uwe Ligges The kate editor (a Linux KDE tool that also runs fine under Gnome) also works well with R. Just set the editor option to use spaces instead of tab characters or the submission of code to an R session will not work properly. I set a customized shortcut of Alt-r to submit code to kate's shell window at the bottom of the screen, after manually launching R in that window. After R starts you can manage help files nicely using help.start() to use a browser. I often use dillo, the world's fastest graphical browser, by specifying options(browser='dillo') before help.start(). Frank Thanks in advance, Brian -- Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: SNIP After R starts you can manage help files nicely using help.start() to use a browser. I often use dillo, the world's fastest graphical browser, by specifying options(browser='dillo') before help.start(). WOW - dillo is BRILLIANT for this purpose. Thanks for the tip! Do you have any idea on how to convince dillo to reuse the same browser window again instead of using a new one when using ? ? Frank Thanks in advance, Brian -- Rainer M. Krug, Dipl. Phys. (Germany), MSc Conservation Biology (UCT) Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology University of Stellenbosch Matieland 7602 South Africa Tel:+27 - (0)72 808 2975 (w) Fax:+27 - (0)21 808 3304 Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
UweL == Uwe Ligges [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:03:30 +0200 writes:
UweL Brian Edward wrote:
Hello all,
I have been a R user for about a year now, running on a MS Windows
machine.
I am in the process of making a complete switch to open-source. Linux
is a
new world to me. Ubuntu was my selection of the various distributions.
Please pardon this very basic question (I was unable to locate an answer
on
R or Ubuntu). I used Synaptic to download the necessary files to run.
However, I was unable to locate the program using the Add/Remove feature.
So, I created a Launcher for R on the desktop and identified the
executable
file. The path I entered into the Command Line was: /usr/bin/R
I can run R in the Terminal, but not as a separate desktop location. So,
the short question is, what is the specific command line or
configuration I
should be using to run R? Or, am I supposed to be running R in the
Terminal?
UweL Short answer: yes, long answer, yes, unless you want to use some very
UweL capable editor as an environment such ass Emacs + ESS. Look up the
UweL documentation and the list archives fo details on Emacs and ESS.
Of course, I'm strongly suggesting the unless, i.e. using
Emacs + ESS.
Further note that Ubuntu (as all other Linux distributions
derived from Debian) provides ESS as a standard package you can
simply install, e.g., via Synaptic.
Note that you need to activate the 'Universe'
{in the sources that Synaptic or other package installers
search} for that, but I assume you've done that anyway for the
R-related ubuntu packages.
And yes, I believe Ubuntu is a very good choice when upgrading
from Windows!
Martin
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Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
Rainer M Krug wrote: Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: SNIP After R starts you can manage help files nicely using help.start() to use a browser. I often use dillo, the world's fastest graphical browser, by specifying options(browser='dillo') before help.start(). WOW - dillo is BRILLIANT for this purpose. Thanks for the tip! Do you have any idea on how to convince dillo to reuse the same browser window again instead of using a new one when using ? ? Good question. No, don't know. Hope someone can figure it out. By the way a handy use of kate is kate -u from the command line to open a file into an existing kate session, or start a session if needed. Frank Frank Thanks in advance, Brian __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
On 20 September 2006 at 15:42, Martin Maechler wrote:
| Further note that Ubuntu (as all other Linux distributions
| derived from Debian) provides ESS as a standard package you can
| simply install, e.g., via Synaptic.
| Note that you need to activate the 'Universe'
| {in the sources that Synaptic or other package installers
| search} for that, but I assume you've done that anyway for the
| R-related ubuntu packages.
At this point, it may be worth recalling that there are
-- eleven 'core' R packages incl documentation and r-mathlib
-- around 80 CRAN packages ready to install to extend R
-- packages for ess as mentioned in this thread
-- RPy (R from Python) support via the python-rpy package
-- Ggobi via the ggobi package
-- and even R inside PostgreSQL via postgresql-$VER-plr
for Debian and Ubuntu. Not everything may be available at all 'flavours' but
Debian testing and Ubuntu dapper are well covered.
| And yes, I believe Ubuntu is a very good choice when upgrading
| from Windows!
Yup, though I personally prefer KUbuntu. That said, all indications are that
the new Debian installer will be very powerful. Hopefully in December ...
Dirk
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Re: [R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)
Brian Edward wrote: Hello all, I have been a R user for about a year now, running on a MS Windows machine. I am in the process of making a complete switch to open-source. Linux is a new world to me. Ubuntu was my selection of the various distributions. Please pardon this very basic question (I was unable to locate an answer on R or Ubuntu). I used Synaptic to download the necessary files to run. However, I was unable to locate the program using the Add/Remove feature. So, I created a Launcher for R on the desktop and identified the executable file. The path I entered into the Command Line was: /usr/bin/R I can run R in the Terminal, but not as a separate desktop location. So, the short question is, what is the specific command line or configuration I should be using to run R? Or, am I supposed to be running R in the Terminal? Short answer: yes, long answer, yes, unless you want to use some very capable editor as an environment such ass Emacs + ESS. Look up the documentation and the list archives fo details on Emacs and ESS. Uwe Ligges Thanks in advance, Brian [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
