On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Tom Backer Johnsen wrote:
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?
No. If it is that simple to install R under a Debian vaiant of Linux, it
definitely is easier. On the other hand, using Emacs is not (as far as I know)
the thing for novices. What I would prefer is something that is as simple to
use as the Windows (or even better, the Mac interface) for R.
You might like JGR, then.
http://jgr.markushelbig.org/JGR.html
-thomas
Thomas Lumley Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlum...@u.washington.edu University of Washington, Seattle
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