RE: [R] R 1.8 for debian
Hi Martin, Another question would be, how I can keep all my previously installed packages. will they be kept in '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library or does the new R overwrite these addional packages? cheers Martin don't know about your first question. But your second question has been already adressed and answered today on this list. Maybe you should read today's previous messages. Best, Roland + This mail has been sent through the MPI for Demographic Research. Should you receive a mail that is apparently from a MPI user without this text displayed, then the address has most likely been faked. If you are uncertain about the validity of this message, please check the mail header or ask your system administrator for assistance. __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
Re: [R] R 1.8 for debian
On Monday 20 October 2003 18:58, Rau, Roland wrote: Hi Martin, Another question would be, how I can keep all my previously installed packages. will they be kept in '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library or does the new R overwrite these addional packages? cheers Martin don't know about your first question. But your second question has been already adressed and answered today on this list. Maybe you should read today's previous messages. thanks for this information, I did not receive any R-list mails recently - excessive bouncing of mails due to spam probably caused again a non-delivery status for this address - I will check it in the archive, regards Martin __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
Re: [R] R 1.8 for debian
Dirk Eddelbuettel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, got uploaded the day of the 1.8 release. You may want to learn how to point apt at different archives. Debian has 1.8 in unstable; CRAN has it in testing (thanks to Doug Bates) and even in stable (thanks to Korbinian Strimmer) Please, note also that if your debian box has the compilers and header files required to compile R from source, then building your own deb packages should be easy because the developers included all relevant debian files in the sources. There is little need to tweak /etc/apt/sources.list to get the latest vintage of debianized R, nor to wait if you need non-intel binaries. sudo apt-get install fakeroot # if not already installed tar xvzf R-1.8.0.tgz cd R-1.8.0 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot # now is time to have a coffee... cd .. sudo dpkg -i r-* # this will install everything -- Philippe __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
Re: [R] R 1.8 for debian
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:31:35AM +0700, Philippe Glaziou wrote: Dirk Eddelbuettel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, got uploaded the day of the 1.8 release. You may want to learn how to point apt at different archives. Debian has 1.8 in unstable; CRAN has it in testing (thanks to Doug Bates) and even in stable (thanks to Korbinian Strimmer) Please, note also that if your debian box has the compilers and header files required to compile R from source, then building your own deb packages should be easy because the developers included all relevant debian files in the sources. There is Yes, but you're coming close to confusing two things here. R upstream has a debian/ dir, yes, but it has a time lag that occurs because Doug and I only synchronise every few months between my Debian sources and what is in CVS. For example, a fix I just put into 1.8.0-2 (concerning the Atlas/Blas interaction) may not get into CVS until 1.8.1. little need to tweak /etc/apt/sources.list to get the latest vintage of debianized R, nor to wait if you need non-intel binaries. sudo apt-get install fakeroot # if not already installed tar xvzf R-1.8.0.tgz cd R-1.8.0 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot # now is time to have a coffee... cd .. sudo dpkg -i r-* # this will install everything But if you grab the package sources from Debian, rather than CRAN, and preferably from unstable, then your advise is spot-on. Locally building .deb package is very easy, and a good way to customise if that is desired. For the rest, there's always apt-get :) Thanks for pointing that out. Dirk -- Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. -- Groucho Marx __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
