[R] Pros and Cons of R

[Patrick Connolly]

On Sat, 24-May-2008 at 10:26AM -0700, DavidM.UK wrote:

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|> I think your comments on "hard to install on linux" is a fair one
|> -- in terms of installing the base system that's fine, but when it
|> comes to install packages, I still get tripped up on compilation
|> problems (I just posted a topic on one such problem). It is
|> certainly harder than say installing a MATLAB tool box.

That would be a problem with insufficient Linux functionality, not a
failing of R.  You can use Linux to run OpenOffice and the like with a
lot of functionality missing.  If you wish to compile things, you need
extra stuff.  I've found install.packages incredibly easy.


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