Re: [R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Jun 4, 2010, at 3:26 PM, vaneet wrote: > > So just so I understand properly, if there are multiple users connecting to > this remote linux machine in which I installed R and lets just say they all > have Windows machines. To view plots they would all need to have an SSH > client and an X ser

Re: [R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread Erik Iverson
vaneet wrote: So just so I understand properly, if there are multiple users connecting to this remote linux machine in which I installed R and lets just say they all have Windows machines. To view plots they would all need to have an SSH client and an X server installed on their local machine

Re: [R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread vaneet
So just so I understand properly, if there are multiple users connecting to this remote linux machine in which I installed R and lets just say they all have Windows machines. To view plots they would all need to have an SSH client and an X server installed on their local machine to do this? You

Re: [R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:53 PM, vaneet wrote: > > I can try having an X server locally, but what are the other options? Isn't > there anything that can be installed on Linux to be able to display graph > windows in R without too much trouble? As I said I was looking for a > solution to benefit many

Re: [R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread vaneet
I can try having an X server locally, but what are the other options? Isn't there anything that can be installed on Linux to be able to display graph windows in R without too much trouble? As I said I was looking for a solution to benefit many users not just me as I can't assume or expect everyo

Re: [R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread Marius 't Hart
Hi, If one wants to see an X GUI from a remote application, there's no other way than to run an X server locally (the easiest way to do that on Windows is with Xming IMHO). So if you don't want an X server locally, you should not use an X GUI. R can of course also be installed on Windows, in

[R] R plotting on linux, regardless of architecture of local machine

2010-06-04 Thread vaneet
Hello, I just installed R 2.11.0 on a 64 bit Linux machine: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) I am still in the learning process in terms of handling Unix and have used R on both windows and Unix before. I am wondering when running R in this linux machine is there a way to