I have used linbugs with the rbugs package for a recent work. It might be worthwhile trying.
Jun On 5/1/06, Uwe Ligges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > Thank you very much. With the insertion of WINEPATH declaration, then > > the following example program does run. And really fast, too! > > > > > > > > > > > > library(R2WinBUGS) > > > > WINEPATH <- "/usr/bin/winepath" > > > Will be fixed in the package real soon now. > Gregor, many thanks for the patches. > > Best, > Uwe Ligges > > > > # An example model file is given > in: > > model.file <- system.file(package = "R2WinBUGS", "model", "schools.txt") > > # Let's take a look: > > file.show(model.file) > > > > # Some example data (see ?schools for details): > > data(schools) > > schools > > > > J <- nrow(schools) > > y <- schools$estimate > > sigma.y <- schools$sd > > data <- list ("J", "y", "sigma.y") > > inits <- function(){ > > list(theta = rnorm(J, 0, 100), mu.theta = rnorm(1, 0, 100), > > sigma.theta = runif(1, 0, 100)) > > } > > parameters <- c("theta", "mu.theta", "sigma.theta") > > > > > > schools.sim <- bugs(data, inits, parameters, model.file, n.chains = 3, > > n.iter = 1000,bugs.directory = "/usr/local/share/WinBUGS14/", > > working.directory = "/tmp", clearWD = FALSE, useWINE=T, newWINE=T, > > WINE="/usr/bin/wine",WINEPATH=WINEPATH) > > > > > > > > > > On 4/30/06, Gregor Gorjanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hello Paul, > >> > >>thank you very much for this report. You caught a bug in R2WinBUGS that > >>was introduced by me. I added support for winepath in 1.1-1 version. > >>Since I switch between Windows and Linux I always set WINEPATH and then > >>use it in bugs(). That's why I forgot to add it in further calls in > >>bugs(). How silly :( This actually means that nobody else beside you > >>tried to run R2WinBUGS under Linux. To bad. Please report summary to > >>BUGS list as you have also asked there for help and I did not had time > >>to answer you. I have been successfully running R2WinBUGS under Linux > >>for quite some time now. > >> > >>Now you have the following options: > >> > >>A Set WINEPATH before you call bugs() > >> > >>i.e. > >> > >>WINEPATH <- "/usr/bin/winepath" > >> > >>bugs(..., WINEPATH=WINEPATH) > >> > >>This is the fastest approach for you. > >> > >>B Apply the following diffs, build and install R2WinBUGS by yourself > >> > >>I am also sendind them to maintainer of the package. So this should be > >>fixed soon also on CRAN. Uwe? > >> > >>--- R2WinBUGSOrig/R/bugs.R 2006-04-29 21:44:59.000000000 +0200 > >>+++ R2WinBUGS/R/bugs.R 2006-04-30 12:52:36.000000000 +0200 > >>@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ > >> } else new.model.file <- model.file > >> bugs.script(parameters.to.save, n.chains, n.iter, n.burnin, n.thin, > >> bugs.directory, new.model.file, debug=debug, is.inits=!is.null > (inits), > >>- bin = bin, DIC = DIC, useWINE = useWINE, newWINE = newWINE) > >>+ bin = bin, DIC = DIC, useWINE = useWINE, newWINE = newWINE, > >>WINEPATH=WINEPATH) > >> #if (useWINE && missing(bugs.directory)) > >> # bugs.directory <- winedriveTr(bugs.directory) > >> bugs.run(n.burnin, bugs.directory, WINE = WINE) > >> > >>--- R2WinBUGSOrig/R/bugs.script.R 2006-04-29 21:44:59.000000000+0200 > >>+++ R2WinBUGS/R/bugs.script.R 2006-04-30 12:52:12.000000000 +0200 > >>@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > >> "bugs.script" <- > >> function (parameters.to.save, n.chains, n.iter, n.burnin, > >> n.thin, bugs.directory, model.file, debug=FALSE, is.inits, bin, > >>- DIC = FALSE, useWINE = FALSE, newWINE = FALSE){ > >>+ DIC = FALSE, useWINE = FALSE, newWINE = FALSE, WINEPATH=NULL){ > >> > >> > >>>I'm back! > >>> > >>>I've just learned that, on a fully updated Fedora Core Linux5 sytem, > >>>the working solution to access Winbugs under wine via the R package > >>>"rbugs" no longer works. Here was my last post on this topic (with > >>>the formerly working solution) from January. > >>> > >>>http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02a/archive/68497.html > >>> > >>>Currently, what happens is that WinBUGS starts up, but just sits there > >>>doing nothing. I do not know if the problem is due to a change in > >>>wine or rbugs, and since both of them are updated, it is hard to say. > >>>I'm thinking it is a wine or perhaps even a kernel related problem. > >>>Inside WinBUGS running under wine, it does not even work to manually > >>>open the bugs.script file and then choose "Model/Script". it just > >>>returns a screen full of errors saying the commands fail. I don't > >>>think rbugs gets even that far, however, since the WinBUGS window does > >>>pop up, but nothing happens. > >>> > >>>rbugs has been retooled to emphasize use of linbugs, the > >>>OpenBUGS-based thing for linux, but I can't get linbugs to run at all > >>>on my system, and the linbugs program itself appears to have been > >>>removed from OpenBUGS distribution altogether. (I'm following that > >>>with separate email to the OpenBUGS group). > >>> > >>>I think JAGS is the right long term solution, but currently I'm in the > >>>middle of a semester trying to teach about Bayesian stats and the > >>>students have some familiarity with WinBUGS and I'm interested in > >>>making it work. So while I'm learning more about JAGS and the bayesmix > >>>package that supports access to it from R, I still would like a way to > >>>interact with Winbugs through Wine. > >>> > >>>If anybody has rbugs working in current Linux, please tell me > >>>how--give me a working example? > >>> > >>>In the meanwhile, I've noticed that nightly updates have successfully > >>>installed R2WinBUGS on linux systems and I've got a small test case > >>>that I'd like to ask about. Since rbugs is a linux adaptation of > >>>R2WinBUGS, and R2WinBUGS is now buildable on Linux, it looks like > >>>R2WinBUGS may be the way to go. But it fails. The error centers > >>>around the "WINEPATH" setting. I've learned that wine has a function > >>>"winepath" that returns information that programs can use, and I've > >>>fiddled this lots of ways, but it fails, saying > >>> > >>> > >>>Error in paste(WINEPATH, "-w", x) : object "WINEPATH" not found > >>>library(R2WinBUGS) > >>> > >>>I hope that by giving you this small not-yet-working example, you can > >>>spot where I'm going wrong. > >>> > >>>##Paul Johnson 2006-04-29 > >>> > >>> > >>>library(R2WinBUGS) > >>># Copied from Prof Andrew Gelman's example > >>>model.file <- system.file(package = "R2WinBUGS", "model", "schools.txt > ") > >>># > >>>file.show(model.file) > >>>data(schools) > >>>schools > >>> > >>>J <- nrow(schools) > >>>y <- schools$estimate > >>>sigma.y <- schools$sd > >>>data <- list ("J", "y", "sigma.y") > >>>inits <- function(){ > >>> list(theta = rnorm(J, 0, 100), mu.theta = rnorm(1, 0, 100), > >>> sigma.theta = runif(1, 0, 100)) > >>>} > >>>parameters <- c("theta", "mu.theta", "sigma.theta") > >>> > >>> > >>>schools.sim <- bugs(data, inits, parameters, model.file, n.chains = 3, > >>>n.iter = 1000,bugs.directory = "/usr/local/share/WinBUGS14/", > >>>working.directory = "/tmp", clearWD = FALSE, useWINE=T, newWINE=T, > >>>WINE="/usr/bin/wine",WINEPATH="/usr/bin/winepath") > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>I do have the binary "/usr/bin/winepath", but can't tell how to give > >>>R2WinBUGS what it wants. Many failed efforts below: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>schools.sim <- bugs(data, inits, parameters, model.file, n.chains = > 3, n.iter = 1000,bugs.directory = "/usr/local/share/WinBUGS14/", > working.directory = "/tmp", clearWD = FALSE, useWINE=T, newWINE=T, > WINE="/usr/bin/wine",WINEPATH="/usr/bin/") > >>> > >>>Error in paste(WINEPATH, "-w", x) : object "WINEPATH" not found > >>> > >>> > >>>>>schools.sim <- bugs(data, inits, parameters, model.file, n.chains = > 3, n.iter = 1000,bugs.directory = "/usr/local/share/WinBUGS14/", > working.directory = "/tmp", clearWD = FALSE, useWINE=T, newWINE=T, > WINE="/usr/bin/wine") > >>> > >>>Error in if (!nchar(WINEPATH)) { : argument is of length zero > >>> > >>> > >>>>>schools.sim <- bugs(data, inits, parameters, model.file, n.chains = > 3, n.iter = 1000,bugs.directory = "/usr/local/share/WinBUGS14/", > working.directory = "/tmp", clearWD = FALSE, useWINE=T, newWINE=T, > WINE="/usr/bin/wine",WINEPATH="/usr/bin") > >>> > >>>Error in paste(WINEPATH, "-w", x) : object "WINEPATH" not found > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>I know there are many unknowns here, but hope somebody has at least > >>>one working example that we can build on. > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Lep pozdrav / With regards, > >> Gregor Gorjanc > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>University of Ljubljana PhD student > >>Biotechnical Faculty > >>Zootechnical Department URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan > >>Groblje 3 mail: gregor.gorjanc <at> bfro.uni-lj.si > >> > >>SI-1230 Domzale tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861 > >>Slovenia, Europe fax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888 > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>"One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, > >> you have no certainty until you try." Sophocles ~ 450 B.C. > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Paul E. Johnson > > Professor, Political Science > > 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 > > University of Kansas > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html