Re: [R-sig-Debian] [ANNOUNCEMENT] cran2deb: 1700+ new Debian / R packages

2009-07-14 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Hi Michael, On 14 July 2009 at 18:44, charles blundell wrote: | 2009/7/13 Michael Rutter | > 1. Are there any negatives going from an install.packages("foo") | > approach using R then switching to an apt-get install r-cran-foo | > method of installing packages? If I install a deb package on to

Re: [R-sig-Debian] [ANNOUNCEMENT] cran2deb: 1700+ new Debian / R packages

2009-07-14 Thread charles blundell
2009/7/13 Michael Rutter > 1. Are there any negatives going from an install.packages("foo") > approach using R then switching to an apt-get install r-cran-foo > method of installing packages? If I install a deb package on top of > an R installed package, will there be issues? This should be the

Re: [R-sig-Debian] [ANNOUNCEMENT] cran2deb: 1700+ new Debian / R packages

2009-07-14 Thread Michael Rutter
Dirk, Looks like a lot of work has created a very useful set of packages. Two questions. 1. Are there any negatives going from an install.packages("foo") approach using R then switching to an apt-get install r-cran-foo method of installing packages? If I install a deb package on top of an R ins