If your purpose is to read Excel spreadsheets on Linux read.xls in the gdata packages can do that. It uses perl software underneath which is portable across systems.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:38 AM, reverend33 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm sorry, maybe i didn't explain clearly: i'm trying to install xlsReadWrite > on a Linux-type OS (Ubuntu)... > > > > > > Uwe Ligges-3 wrote: >> >> >> >> reverend33 wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to install R on Ubuntu. >>> I succeeded at installing the r-recommended package that is present in >>> the >>> synaptics, but i can't find the xlsReadWrite package in the repositories >>> included in my synaptics manager. >>> Does anybody know a liable repository in which this package is present. >> >> If you consider the CRAN master to be liable, it tells you for >> xlsReadWrite: >> >> OS_type: windows >> >> Moreover it tells you that the package's status for R-devel is "ERROR". >> >> >> Uwe Ligges >> >> >> >>> Thanks in advance >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] 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. >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/xlsReadWrite-package-repository-for-Ubuntu-tp22283704p22307883.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. > ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
