Re: [R] Number of package in Ubuntu

2016-04-23 Thread David Winsemius
> On Apr 22, 2016, at 11:51 AM, mylistt...@gmail.com wrote: > > Dear Experts , > > I am using R with Spark on Windows and now there is a need to move to Ubuntu. > I wanted to know if most of the packages that are available on windows , > would they be available on Ubuntu/Linux? If not can I co

Re: [R] Number of package in Ubuntu

2016-04-22 Thread Michael Long
I have been using Ubuntu and R Studio for about 5 years and have not had any problems finding and installing packages. I believe there are packages that only work in Windows but I don't what they are. Michael Long On 04/22/2016 11:51 AM, mylistt...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Experts , I am using

Re: [R] Number of package in Ubuntu

2016-04-22 Thread Jeff Newmiller
There are thousands of R packages. The majority work fine on multiple platforms. Whether your packages are in that group is something only you can determine. I will say that Linux is typically better than Windows when it comes to big data tech, so even if some specific packages don't work the

[R] Number of package in Ubuntu

2016-04-22 Thread mylisttech
Dear Experts , I am using R with Spark on Windows and now there is a need to move to Ubuntu. I wanted to know if most of the packages that are available on windows , would they be available on Ubuntu/Linux? If not can I compile the source code of those package ? Has any one of you used the pack