[R] Problems with CRAN package Ryacas

[Jeff Newmiller]

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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?
>
>Kjetil
>
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