I'm definitely out of my league here, but I think that if someone only enters that code in an Ubuntu system, then they will have only the latest version of R in Ubuntu, which at this time I think is 2.6.2, instead of 2.8.1, and Ubuntu only "maintains" a handful of packages, instead of 1600+ right now on CRAN. If you want to get the latest R in Ubuntu and download any current package, it seems like you have to follow a method like I've tried to piece together. I hope I'm wrong here. Cheers.
Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On 8 February 2009 at 20:36, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote: > | Dear me. Is the installation of R under Ubuntu really that complex? I > | have a dual boot machine (Linux / Windows, where I use the latter the > | most) and have plans to try R under Linux, but have not done so yet. Is > | it possible to simplify the Linux install procedure to make R more > | accessible to novices? > > Yes. 'sudo apt-get install r-base ess ggobi' and you have working R, ESS > and > Ggobi. Start Emacs, type 'M-x R' and you have an R session inside Emacs. > > Is that really easier to accomplish in Windows? > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu-tp10025949p21902883.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.
