[R] Linux configuration (Ubuntu)

[Uwe Ligges]

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
>>
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> 
> 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
> 
> 
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