Paul, Very nice! Comments below.
On 7 February 2009 at 17:12, Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote: | | I've read some of R's literature on Linux, including the R Admin manual, and | didn't find it very useful, which is probably my own limitation. But I did | finally manage to get it working well. I'm posting this to help others. | The following worked when installing R 2.8.1 on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. | Here are truly step-by-step instructions for those who don't know Linux | (like me): | | Installation and Initial Set-Up of R for Ubuntu Linux | | 1. Open the Bash terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) | 2. Type these lines to add the security key to access the latest version of | the R Ubuntu package: | u...@computer:~$ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key E2A11821 | u...@computer:~$ gpg -a --export E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add - | 3. Use the Bash terminal to open your sources.list file with gedit (text | editor) for editing: | u...@computer:~$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list | 4. Add this line to the bottom of the sources.list file: | deb http://rh-mirror.linux.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu hardy/ | 5. Save the file and go back to the Bash terminal. | 6. Type this to update apt-get's database before you install R: | u...@computer:~$ sudo apt-get update | 7. Install R with this command: | u...@computer:~$ sudo apt-get install r-base | 8. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, and download | the build-essential package. In 7. you use apt, in 8. you use Synaptic. Why not to both at once: $ sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev as 'r-base-dev' depends on build-essential (and a few other things) and gets you all this and more (see below). | 9. To use R, simply enter R in the Bash terminal. To quit, enter q(). | | | Additional programs will be needed to install other packages or work with | other programs: | 1. Install compilers for C++ and Fortran | u...@computer:~$ sudo apt-get install g++ gfortran | 2. Install the developer versions of Blas and Lapack (what are these?) | u...@computer:~$ apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev The modified step 7 above would have done both for you. | Updating Packages in R | 1. Open the Bash terminal and start R with root permissions | u...@computer:~$ sudo R | 2. Type > update.packages() Yep. I also like 'sudo apt-get install littler' and I then copy or link install.r to /usr/local/bin and just use $ sudo install.r foo far fie foo which would then install the (hyopthetical) packages foo, far, fie and foo from CRAN. | Installing the R Commander GUI | 1. Open the Bash terminal and type: | u...@computer:~$ apt-get install r-cran-rcmdr | | | Using the R Commander GUI | library(Rcmdr) | ...or once the library is open and Commander has been shut down, type: | commander() | | | Notes | It looks like most of R has been put here: | /etc/R (Rprofile.site is here) | /usr/lib/R Also /usr/share/R for architecture-independent files. | Downloaded Packages seem to go here: | /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/ Slightly more complex: -- 'base R' and recommended packages are in /usr/lib/R/library/ -- Debian-packaged R packages are in /usr/lib/R/site-library/ -- packages installed by you / R are in /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/ You did a great job documenting all things. A 'fresh set of eyese' review helps everybody. I suggest you get in touch with the Debian / Ubuntu maintainers for CRAN (see the CRAN README in bin/linux/{ubuntu,debian} about making this a more visible document. Also, for your other emails: 'sudo apt-get install ess' will just get you a working ESS. Dirk | -- | View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu-tp10025949p21894862.html | Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. | | ______________________________________________ | 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. -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. ______________________________________________ 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.
