[R] Installing R on Xandros 3.0

[Liaw, Andy]

I think Dirk's recommendation is better.  If the system lacks tools to
compile R from source, install.packages() will not work for many packages,
as that compile packages from source.

Andy

ps:  Thanks to those who pointed out about availability of dev tools in
Xandros & Unbuntu.  I still can't get comfortable with a *nix system that
doesn't have compilers installed by default...


> From: Mohamed Abdolell
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> [1] go to http://packages.debian.org/testing/math/ and 
> download r-base and other
> essential packages to your computer
> [2] install packages using Xandros Networks; from the 
> pull-down menu select
> File-->Install DEB file...
> [3] once you have a functional R 2.0.1 working install the 
> rest of the packages
> you want directly from within R using install.packages (see 
> help for this); this
> is best since all the dependencies are sorted out automatically
> 
> HTH.
> 
> - Mohamed
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Quoting Thomas W Volscho <THOMAS.VOLSCHO at huskymail.uconn.edu>:
> 
> > Dear List,
> > After obtaining a second-hand PC and because XP costs too 
> much, I installed
> > Xandros 3.0 (based on Debian) but pretty easy to use if 
> migrating from
> > WinXP.
> > 
> > Does anyone know how to install R on this OS?
> > 
> > Thank you for your time,
> > Tom Volscho
> > 
> > ************************************        
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> > Dept. of Sociology U-2068
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