[R] Installing R under Cygwin [was (no subject)]

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 4 May 2008, lmbewjs wrote:

> Dear R users,

> I have a question about R installation under Cygwin. Which versionof R 
> should I download ,linux or windows? If linux ,which release should I 
> download? Thanks a lot!

Neither.  You need to download the source tarball (R-2.7.0.tar.gz on teh 
CRAN front page), and build from the sources on Cygwin, following the 
instructions in the 'R Installation and Administration' manual.

Cygwin is not a supported platform, but R does more or less work under it.

You could install a binary Windows version, but it will not understand 
Cygwin file paths.

> Jiansheng Wu
> PhD Candidate of State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics Southeast University,
> Nanjing, 210096, China
> Tel 86-25-83790881
> Email: js_wu at seu.edu.cn
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