[R] Configuring emacs/ess on Ubuntu

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:40:07AM -0400, Dale Steele wrote:
>  $ sudo apt-get install
> 
> Installs  installs  ESS version 5.3.0.  Is there a repository for more
> recent version?

As it happens, "yes and no".  There is now a small group working on
Ess for Debian/Ubuntu, but there is no Ubuntu repository.  

But as the package is not binary, you can just fetch the most current
Debian version (by hand). The package tracking (PTS) page is at

  http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/ess.html

and the pool is at 

  http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/ess/

Just grab the file from there; if you install with my favourite frontend wajig you can just do

  $ wajig install http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/ess/ess_5.3.8~svn3902-1_all.deb

Hth, Dirk


> 
> Thanks.  --Dale
> 
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Roland Rau <roland.rproject at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Wade,
> >
> > Wade Wall wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I don't know if this is the proper place to ask this, but I am trying to
> >> configure emacs/ess on Ubuntu 8.04 to run the way described for ESS and
> >
> > I think the easiest way to install emacs/ess on Ubuntu 8.04 is via the
> > repositories.
> > Simply use your favorite package manager (I use synaptic) and choose the ess
> > package. If Emacs hasn't been installed yet, it will do so automatically.
> >
> > I hope this helps,
> > Roland
> >
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