[R-sig-Debian] How to have multiple versions of R on Ubuntu 8.04

[Matthieu Stigler]

Hi Michael


Thanks that you looked for the error!
>
> The problem is the lack of the npsol library on Ubuntu boxes.  Google 
> was not helpful in finding an easy way to install this.  Part of the 
> problem may be that you are using an older version of Ubuntu and the 
> OpenMx group may not be supporting it  anymore.
>
> I would search the OpenMx forums for a possible solution, since it 
> seems to only effect that package.
It seems the solution has ben found, but is still not available:

In order to install OpenMx, you will need R version 2.9.x. R versions, 
2.9.0 through 2.9.2 work fine.

Unfortunately there is a bug in 2.10.0 that prevents the use of our 
automatic installer. There is a patch for this bug available from CRAN 
<http://cran.r-project.org/>, but it requires you to compile R, so we 
don't recommend it for most people. For now, we are recommending R 
version 2.9.2 for use with OpenMx. We expect that the next version of R 
will include the bug fix and at that point we will begin official 
support for R 2.10.


So I think I just compile R 2.9, though I could compile 2.10 with the 
patch but thought the first solution is easier...

Thanks again!
>
> Michael
>
> Matthieu Stigler wrote:
>> Dear Michael
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your quick answer!
>>
>>
>> Michael Rutter a écrit :
>>> Matthieu,
>>>
>>> Have you tried installing it? We have just updated the versions of R 
>>> on CRAN and maybe the bug the package website mentions have been fixed.
>>>
>> Yes I tried and unfortunately it does not solve the prob:
>> checking gcc version... 4.2.4
>> checking for gawk... /usr/bin/awk
>> checking for inst/npsol/linux/x86/gcc4.2/libnpsol.a... no
>> configure: error: npsol library not found
>> ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘OpenMx’
>>
>>> In order to have multiple version of R installed, you will need to 
>>> build the second version from source. Here are the details:
>>>
>>> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Installing-R-under-Unix_002dalikes 
>>>
>>>
>>> You must be very careful to install R in a different location and 
>>> have a different location for the lib files. Read carefully through 
>>> the section of Unix-like systems to see which options you need to 
>>> set. The good news is that you can always reinstall R 2.10 from 
>>> apt-get or synaptic if the versions cross.
>>>
>> Ok, so I need to compile :-( I'll try it, thanks for info!
>>> Another option to consider is using a virtual machine (I use Virtual 
>>> Box, which is open source) with the needed version of R on it. You 
>>> can share data files between the host and virtual machine, if needed.
>>>
>> Oh also? Mmh this would be something to do, but as I don't have any 
>> knowledge of it I think I'll try first to compile...
>>
>> Thanks again for help!
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Matthieu Stigler wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I want to use a special package (openMx: 
>>>> http://openmx.psyc.virginia.edu/installing-openmx) that runs 
>>>> currently only on R 2.9 but I have R 2.10 installed (from CRAN).
>>>>
>>>> How can I do to have the two versions ( 2.9 and czrrent 2.10) 
>>>> running? Is there a trick with apt-get or should I compile 2.9 from 
>>>> the sources? And if yes, how can I specify a special path for R 2.9 
>>>> so that by default 2.10 is used?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>> Matthieu Stigler
>>>>
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