Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015, Nat Taylor wrote: > you could try it in an ubuntu or debian docker container on your slackware > desktop. > And slackware should DEFINITELY have git baked in somehow. Here it is. > http://packages.slackware.com/?r=slackware-current&p=git-2.3.5-i486-1.txz Didn't look for i

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-11 Thread Nat Taylor
you could try it in an ubuntu or debian docker container on your slackware desktop. And slackware should DEFINITELY have git baked in somehow. Here it is. http://packages.slackware.com/?r=slackware-current&p=git-2.3.5-i486-1.txz On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 1

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download [RESOLVED]

2015-07-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Rich Shepard wrote: > An update to a 5-year-old book is being written with code available on > the project's github page. The author asks for feedback on the developing > second edition, and I need to learn how to use the subject of the book > (ggplot2 for R graphics). T

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 11 Jul 2015, Nat Taylor wrote: > I took it as a challenge and tried installing the dependencies in arch > Linux, but it was a pain translating the packages and I didn't care that > much. Looks like you're golden on an apt based distribution Goodie for those on an apt-based distribution

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-11 Thread Nat Taylor
I took it as a challenge and tried installing the dependencies in arch Linux, but it was a pain translating the packages and I didn't care that much. Looks like you're golden on an apt based distribution On Jul 11, 2015 6:44 AM, "Robert Citek" wrote: > On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Rich Shep

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-11 Thread Robert Citek
On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Will install git just for this type of situation. I use subversion so have > never looked at git. git takes a bit of getting used to if coming from CVS or subversion. But once understood, it's quite a nice VCS. Regards, - Robert _

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-11 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Nat Taylor wrote: > Read the README.md file that comes with the project. If you scroll down > its going to be printed out on the screen, too, at the bottom of the list > of files. Nat, Yes, the first thing I did was read the README.md file. And I don't use Rstudio (which

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-10 Thread Nat Taylor
Read the README.md file that comes with the project. If you scroll down its going to be printed out on the screen, too, at the bottom of the list of files. If this is the one: https://github.com/hadley/ggplot2-book then you read the README.md which I have pasted below. Ideally you have RStudio i

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-10 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Larry Brigman wrote: > You could try it from a git clone of the project. Thanks, Larry. I'll work on this over the weekend. Either the download or another approach. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-10 Thread Larry Brigman
You could try it from a git clone of the project. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Larry Brigman wrote: > The zip file from a release should have everything from that project that > is expected to use the project. If not then that should probably be opened > as an issue. > To open an issue you

Re: [PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-10 Thread Larry Brigman
The zip file from a release should have everything from that project that is expected to use the project. If not then that should probably be opened as an issue. To open an issue you probably do need a github account. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: >An update to a 5-y

[PLUG] Using GitHub Download

2015-07-10 Thread Rich Shepard
An update to a 5-year-old book is being written with code available on the project's github page. The author asks for feedback on the developing second edition, and I need to learn how to use the subject of the book (ggplot2 for R graphics). My Web search taught me that there's a 'download e