On 8/13/10 11:30 AM, Andrew Walsh wrote:
> OK I have it working, thanks Laurent!
> This is just to tie this thread off for any Googlers coming to this
> thread trying to install rpy2 on Ubuntu.
Thanks for doing so. That's really good practice.
> I decided to do a completely fresh installation of
I also had problems getting RPy2 to work when compiling R from source.
I found that it was necessary to update the system's index of
libraries after installing R by issuing this command:
sudo ldconfig
This fixed the error you mention on my PC. Nevertheless, packages are
definitely an easier way
OK I have it working, thanks Laurent!
This is just to tie this thread off for any Googlers coming to this
thread trying to install rpy2 on Ubuntu.
I decided to do a completely fresh installation of Ubuntu. This was
the exact procedure I used. Some may not be necessary but it worked!
1) Using VMWa
On 8/13/10 6:49 AM, Andrew Walsh wrote:
> Under Laurent's advice I stopped using Windows for Rpy2 and took days
> to install Ubuntu Lucid correctly under VMWare exclusively so I could
> use Rpy2 2.1.4 and R in a project I am working on.
> I am a complete newbie to Linux and just an apprentice to P
