[R] Problems with CRAN package Ryacas

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Kjetil Halvorsen
<kjetilbrinchmannhalvorsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> First:
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.15.0 (2012-03-30)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
> locale:
>  [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C
>  [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
>  [5] LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
>  [7] LC_PAPER=C                 LC_NAME=C
>  [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] Ryacas_0.2-11 XML_3.9-4     pnmath_0.0-3  MASS_7.3-17
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_2.15.0 fortunes_1.5-0  tools_2.15.0
>>
> Operating system is debian (wheezy+some sid)
>
> I have installed yacas version 1.3.1 via synaptic.
>
> Then:
>
> library(Ryacas)
>> yacas(expression(Factor(x^2-1)))     # copied from yacas help page
> [1] "Starting Yacas!"
> Accepting requests from port 9734
> Error in socketConnection(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 9734, server = FALSE,  :
>  cannot open the connection
> In addition: Warning message:
> In socketConnection(host = "127.0.0.1", port = 9734, server = FALSE,  :
>  127.0.0.1:9734 cannot be opened
>
>
>
> ¿Any ideas?
>

See the troubleshooting section on the home page:
http://ryacas.googlecode.com


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