Good morning, Thank you both for your help. This has been insightful. Perhaps PSPP is not the best software for me. I like the idea that it works like SPSS but it doesn’t seem to be at a stage where it is user friendly - unless one has the right operating system, etc. For the time being, I’ll wait to install it. I appreciate your help.
Best regards, Ester > On Nov 7, 2020, at 3:06 AM, John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> > wrote: > > Hello Ester, > > Like Alan says, PSPP should install and run on Windows 10. However, > like the download page says, it is not what we would recommend as a first > choice. > > For both technical and ethical reasons, we recommend running on a free > operating > system such as GNU or GNU/Linux. Since you are installing a new system, you > might want to consider upgrading to one of those. > > Regards, > > John > > On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:40:49PM -0500, Ester Quintana wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Thank you for your response. I am using a Windows 10 laptop (64 bits), > which I bought earlier this year - meaning that it should be compatible > with the software. > > I checked the first link (https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html) but > I > still don't understand what needs to be installed - sorry, the > installation > of this software is not intuitive to someone like me. I have SPSS on my > laptop but the license is about to expire and I can't afford to renew it. > According to the GNU page, it looks like I might have to install some > binaries for Windows. The Binaries/Windows portion has to links: > > Windows: installers <http://pspp.awardspace.info/> or all downloadable > files > <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files> > > I selected "installers" which takes me to the page: > http://pspp.awardspace.info . Could I install > PSPP_2020-09-05_daily_64bits > > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/2020-09-05/pspp-20200905-daily-64bits-setup.exe/download> > ? > > Thank you again, > Ester > >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 5:18 PM Alan Mead <ame...@alanmead.org> wrote: >> >> What type of computer do you use? Windows 10? Windows 7? Mac? Linux? This >> page has links to "binaries" (i.e., installable executables). The pages >> you're findig are more for someone who wants the source code. >> >> https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html >> >> If you still use Windows 7, you should upgrade (to Mac/Linux, ideally) but >> the 32-bit executables available on pspp.awardspace.info will work (the >> 64-bit won't; IIRC, the 64-bit package installs but will not operate). >> >> -Alan >> >> >> On 11/6/2020 4:04 PM, Ester Quintana wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am interested in installing PSPP on my personal laptop (PC). I am a bit >> confused about all the different packages that need to be installed prior >> to the installation of the program, at least according to this page: >> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/tree/INSTALL My question is, >> is there a single zipfile/package that contains everything needed to >> install and run the program properly? Your advice is greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you for your help, >> Ester Quintana >> >> >> -- >> >> Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. >> President, Talent Algorithms Inc. >> >> science + technology = better workers >> http://www.alanmead.org >> >> The irony of this ... is that the Internet is >> both almost-infinitely expandable, while at the >> same time constrained within its own pre-defined >> box. And if that makes no sense to you, just >> reflect on the existence of Facebook. We have >> the vastness of the internet and yet billions >> of people decided to spend most of them time >> within a horribly designed, fake-news emporium >> of a website that sucks every possible piece of >> personal information out of you so it can sell it >> to others. And they see nothing wrong with that. >> >> -- Kieren McCarthy, commenting on why we are not >> all using IPv6 >> >>
