On 27-Apr-08 14:25:57, Brian Lunergan wrote: > Morning all: > > Coming straight to the point. Switched from XP to Ubuntu Linux. > Followed the steps outlined on the website to install a current > version of R to my machine. Seems to have worked OK, but the > process doesn't install it to the desktop. The notes don't go > into that part of it, so I'm seeking some advice from others more > experienced on how to take the last couple of steps to make R a > menu/desktop choice in GNOME. > > Please and thanks. > > Brian Lunerganer > Nepean, Ontario > Canada
If you right-click on the desktop background, you should get a dialogue box in which you can choose "Create Launcher". Click on that, and fill in the fields -- above all fill in the "Command" field! Provided you check the box "Run in terminal", you will get a window, with R running, into which you can type commands. An alternative is to make a generic "xterm" launcher instead, and when this is started up you can run anything in it, including R, by simply typing in its command. I would suggest that, even if you only use this for R, it is a better way to do it. The "desktop R icon", for instance, will always start R in the same directory, while if you start off with the generic Xterm you can change to whatever project directory you want before starting R. Also, if you want to start R at any time with special options, this is also the way to be able to do that. Final tip: instead of putting a launcher on the desktop, you can put it instead in the "panel" (which you perhaps think of as a "taskbar") by right-clicking on the panel and then choosing "Add to Panel". Hoping this helps! Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 27-Apr-08 Time: 16:11:05 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
