Re: [R] console under Mandrake
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Adrian Dusa wrote: I recently compiled R 2.0.0 under Mandrake 9, but it won't run unless in a terminal; is there a way to run it in a console, like in Windows? Yes. Did you read the manual the INSTALL file pointed you to? See appendix B.6 in the version I am looking at. Or see `An Introduction to R' appendix B.1 and look for --gui. [To run the GNOME console I think you need R-patched, not 2.0.0 as distributed.] Another approach is to run John Fox's Rcmdr package that provides a console. -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] console under Mandrake
Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Adrian Dusa wrote: I recently compiled R 2.0.0 under Mandrake 9, but it won't run unless in a terminal; is there a way to run it in a console, like in Windows? Yes. Did you read the manual the INSTALL file pointed you to? See appendix B.6 in the version I am looking at. Or see `An Introduction to R' appendix B.1 and look for --gui. [To run the GNOME console I think you need R-patched, not 2.0.0 as distributed.] Another approach is to run John Fox's Rcmdr package that provides a console. Actually, that one is more of a script submission device. (It has nowhere to just type and press Enter, you need to edit, select, and press Submit. Which is a good thing for some modes of operation.) You'll find that the Linux consoles are not nearly as developed as the Windows one and hardly anyone is using --gui. There are two good reasons: 1) It's really not that horrible to use the command line in a terminal window on Linux. 2) Many people like to use ESS (see the FAQ) and run everything from Emacs. and of course the bad reason: That there isn't much there. However, had there been a real need, someone would likely have put in the relevant improvements. -- O__ Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
RE: [R] console under Mandrake
Thank you for your both answers, As you might have guessed, I am initiating myself in the Linux wizardry. I have absolutely nothing against command line, I was just heavily used to the Windows console mode; a terminal window is just fine. Actually, I only used the console to install packages from CRAN, anyway; I'm sure I'll find the commands for this. I read the manuals; it probably didn't work for me because I do not use GNOME but KDE. So command line it is... and most probably ESS. Best regards, Adrian -Original Message- From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 octombrie 2004 19:11 To: Adrian Dusa; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] console under Mandrake Prof Brian Ripley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Adrian Dusa wrote: I recently compiled R 2.0.0 under Mandrake 9, but it won't run unless in a terminal; is there a way to run it in a console, like in Windows? Yes. Did you read the manual the INSTALL file pointed you to? See appendix B.6 in the version I am looking at. Or see `An Introduction to R' appendix B.1 and look for --gui. [To run the GNOME console I think you need R-patched, not 2.0.0 as distributed.] Another approach is to run John Fox's Rcmdr package that provides a console. Actually, that one is more of a script submission device. (It has nowhere to just type and press Enter, you need to edit, select, and press Submit. Which is a good thing for some modes of operation.) You'll find that the Linux consoles are not nearly as developed as the Windows one and hardly anyone is using --gui. There are two good reasons: 1) It's really not that horrible to use the command line in a terminal window on Linux. 2) Many people like to use ESS (see the FAQ) and run everything from Emacs. and of course the bad reason: That there isn't much there. However, had there been a real need, someone would likely have put in the relevant improvements. -- O__ Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
