It's not glitchy, and you install it just like any other program. If you want the latest version you can follow the instructions here: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/. Otherwise "sudo aptitude install r-base r-base-dev" will do the trick.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Robert Wilkins <robst...@gmail.com> wrote: > installing on Ubuntu, how to do it and have people found it to be glitchy? sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install r-base No. > > which is easier , binary install or from source ? ??? Usually binary is easier (that's kind of the point of binaries...) > > With the source install, are you less likely to have a dependencies issue ? No, let the apt system handle this for you. > > ( Ubuntu does the GCC install seamlessly, but has no mention of R ) ?? > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Ista Zahn Graduate student University of Rochester Department of Clinical and Social Psychology http://yourpsyche.org ______________________________________________ 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.
