RE: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-07 Thread Elio Spinello
Consulting, LLC 17130 Devonshire Street Suite 101 Northridge, CA 91325 From: Pspp-users On Behalf Of Alan Mead Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2020 8:35 AM To: Ester Quintana ; John Darrington Cc: pspp-users@gnu.org Subject: Re: Question about PSPP installation The way open-source

Re: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-07 Thread Alan Mead
The way open-source works, the only way PSPP will ever become more user-friendly is for users to file bug reports about things they find unpolished. But some problems will only be solved by developers pitching in and writing code. Why not buy a copy of SPSS? Academics can get a copy for about $260

Re: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-07 Thread Ester Quintana
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

Re: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-07 Thread John Darrington
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 ins

Re: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-06 Thread Alan Mead
Yes, you follow the "installers" link to the awardspace.info website and pick any of the links under downloads. The most recent is from September 5. For you, it doesn't matter whether you click on the 32- or 64-bit version; I'd pick the 64-bit version. It will redirect you to sourceforge and downl

Re: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-06 Thread Ester Quintana
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

Re: Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-06 Thread Alan Mead
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

Question about PSPP installation

2020-11-06 Thread Ester Quintana
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 th