On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:33:31PM +0100, John C Frain wrote: > Thanks for the step by step guide. It installs a base R and some > libraries very well. I tries to load some of the Rmetrics libraries, > using install.packages() nu ran into problems. I used apt-get install > to install make and gcc from the Xandros repository. gcc also included > binutils, gcc-4.1 and libsspo. Is there an easy answer to the > question what I need to install to get the install process working. > The R Installation and Administration guide says that I just need the > compilers and tools. Installing robustbase gives the following > messages. (If it is as simple as R not being able to find the header > files how do I tell R where to find them?).
There is an entire Debian subproject devoted to making it 'just work' on the Eee. You could just toss Xandros and treat it it like a Debian machine. Other distro possible do similar stuff if you prefer those. Dirk -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org 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.
