[R-sig-Debian] Question about graphical UI running R version 2.7.0 (2008-04-22) on Ubuntu Hardy Heron...

[Tobias Verbeke]

Hi,

If you want a full-fledged R IDE for Linux,
have a look at the StatET plugin for Eclipse:

http://www.walware.de/goto/statet/

Eclipse support is not tremendous for Ubuntu
(no recent builds to be apt-get installed),
so you will need to download and unpack
the stable release of Eclipse Classic from

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

and then install from within
Eclipse

Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install...
Search for new features to install

You need to use

   http://www.walware.de/eclipseupdates

as a (new) Eclipse update site and walk through
the wizard.

To get started (launching R, configuring for Sweave etc.),
you can access the cheat sheets via

   Help -> Cheat Sheets... -> StatET: R in Eclipse.

For questions, there is a dedicated mailing
list at

http://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/mailman/listinfo/statet-user

I hope this is useful.

Kind regards,
Tobias

Brian Lunergan wrote:

> 
> Tried out a couple of different options suggested earlier, but for some
> reason I can only get Rcmdr to work properly. Not that that's a problem,
> but it might have been nice to have a couple of other choices.
> 
> Just tried out JGR and ended up getting not found errors on several of
> the menu choices. Installed OK. Just several key menu options such as
> package manager don't work. Have I possibly missed something in my
> setup, or has the cat some catching up to do to be compatible?
> 
> Interested in considering sci-views, but I get the impression from their
> site that it is a windows only choice. On the mark, or have I missed
> something?
> 
> Accepting the point that I'm an oddity for preferring an R GUI rather
> than the CLI in Linux, can anybody out there who has dabbled with (or
> used regularly) these two possibles advise on whether or not they are
> worth fussing with on the recent issue of Ubuntu? Or should I just
> accept that Rcmdr is a working option, shut up, and leave well enough
> alone?
> 
> Regards...