On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Tom Backer Johnsen <bac...@psych.uib.no> wrote: > Dear me. Is the installation of R under Ubuntu really that complex? I have > a dual boot machine (Linux / Windows, where I use the latter the most) and > have plans to try R under Linux, but have not done so yet. Is it possible > to simplify the Linux install procedure to make R more accessible to > novices? > > Compare that to Windows. (1) Download installation program (2) Run > installation program. That is it.
[other messages trimmed] I know that Dirk has already responded to you about sudo apt-get install r-base etc. so you are already set up. However, I couldn't resist pointing out that you describe installing the Windows binary package for running R and installing precompiled packages. If you should decide to build a package under Windows it ain't that simple. It is much, much simpler than it was in the past but it still involves a lot more than sudo apt-get install r-base-dev Windows and Linux are tuned to different types of users. Linux users love to be able to tinker (which is why my wife requires me to sit quietly and *not touch anything* whenever I visit her in her lab - there are stories of hours spent recalibrating instruments after I was left alone for just a few minutes). A full development environment installed with a minimum of fuss is expected by Linux users. Things are different under Windows. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
