Re: [R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-27 Thread Millo Giovanni
http://www.nabble.com/R-on-an-ASUS-eee-PC,-continued---installing-packag es-td17862000.html The same principles apply, e.g., for LaTeX and Emacs if you need them. Have fun! Giovanni ## original message ## -- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:56:39 +0200 From: Paul Hiemstra

Re: [R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-26 Thread Paul Hiemstra
And with ubuntu in combination with the Array.org eeepc repository, the installation is a piece of cake (if you follow the instructions on the site). cheers, Paul Jarle Bjørgeengen wrote: On May 26, 2009, at 1:13 , Jarle Bjørgeengen wrote: Hi Robert, I agree with Robert. You meant you a

Re: [R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-26 Thread Jarle Bjørgeengen
On May 26, 2009, at 1:13 , Jarle Bjørgeengen wrote: Hi Robert, I agree with Robert. You meant you agree with Paul, right ? > Of course :-) BR Jarle Bjørgeengen __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PL

Re: [R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-26 Thread Jarle Bjørgeengen
Hi Robert, I agree with Robert. It seems the cleanest way of getting R on Linux is to use one of the Linux distros R is packaged for. It may work otherwise, but there _will_ be more fiddling around resolving dependencies manually or semi manually. Best regards. - Jarle Bjørgeengen On Ma

Re: [R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-26 Thread Philipp Pagel
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:02:22AM +0100, Robert Kinley wrote: > I've used R for many years on windows machines, but > have now acquired an Asus eee 1000 linux machine. > > In order to get the best out of the machine, I used the > 'pimpmyeee.sh' script, to get the full KDE desktop. > > The versi

Re: [R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-26 Thread Paul Hiemstra
Hi Robert, I had the exact same problem on my eeepc 900. I replaced the xandros-like linux in this way: - Download an Ubuntu iso file (I use 8.04, Kubuntu) - Put the .iso file on a usb stick (use unetbootin) - Install the ubuntu version - Install the eeepc specific stuff from http://array.org/

[R] moving from Windows to Linux - need help

2009-05-26 Thread Robert Kinley
hi I've used R for many years on windows machines, but have now acquired an Asus eee 1000 linux machine. In order to get the best out of the machine, I used the 'pimpmyeee.sh' script, to get the full KDE desktop. The version of Linux is Xandros, which I believe is a close relative of Debian, bu