Hi I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course. As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both programs. Many thanks, Jack
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I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I
had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course.
As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux
and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best
with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
programs.
Many thanks, Jack
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Perhaps r-sig-debian is more appropriate, though it is not clear to me that a debian based linux is in fact the best for running R. Of course "best" is not clearly defined here, but I highly recommend Archlinux. Best, Ista
On Jun 9, 2016 6:47 PM, "Bert Gunter" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I
had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course.
As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux
and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best
with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
programs.
Many thanks, Jack
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I have tried many Linux distributions before, and never looked back after switching for Arch Linux. It is one of the best distributions with regard to having an up to date but still reasonably stable system. Other options are Fedora Rawhide (there's a Fedora SIG mailing list) or Debian Sid (as others mentioned, there's a Debian SIG mailing list), but I don't know how dependable those versions are. Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle Former GNOME translator Em Qui 9 jun. 2016, ?s 20:08, Ista Zahn escreveu:
Perhaps r-sig-debian is more appropriate, though it is not clear to me that a debian based linux is in fact the best for running R. Of course "best" is not clearly defined here, but I highly recommend Archlinux. Best, Ista On Jun 9, 2016 6:47 PM, "Bert Gunter" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I
had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course.
As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux
and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best
with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
programs.
Many thanks, Jack
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I "experiment" with the Fedora distribution at home but am very satisfied
with the Scientific Linux distribution here at work--I'm currently using
SL7.2.
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote:
I have tried many Linux distributions before, and never looked back after switching for Arch Linux. It is one of the best distributions with regard to having an up to date but still reasonably stable system. Other options are Fedora Rawhide (there's a Fedora SIG mailing list) or Debian Sid (as others mentioned, there's a Debian SIG mailing list), but I don't know how dependable those versions are. Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle Former GNOME translator Em Qui 9 jun. 2016, ?s 20:08, Ista Zahn escreveu:
Perhaps r-sig-debian is more appropriate, though it is not clear to me that a debian based linux is in fact the best for running R. Of course "best" is not clearly defined here, but I highly recommend Archlinux. Best, Ista On Jun 9, 2016 6:47 PM, "Bert Gunter" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I
had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course.
As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux
and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best
with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
programs.
Many thanks, Jack
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Clint Bowman <clint at ecy.wa.gov> writes: I am really wondering, why nobody mentioned Ubuntu so far? Ubuntu is a really nice distro, I never had problems with it, many programs are available for Ubuntu, and it is build on Debian (stable). Don't worry about Unity Window manager - there are many other options available (Xubuntu being one of the better known ones - Ubuntu just packed with a different Windows Manager). If you are new to Linux, I would really suggest Ubuntu. Cheers, Rainer
I "experiment" with the Fedora distribution at home but am very
satisfied with the Scientific Linux distribution here at work--I'm
currently using SL7.2.
Clint Bowman INTERNET: clint at ecy.wa.gov
Air Quality Modeler INTERNET: clint at math.utah.edu
Department of Ecology VOICE: (360) 407-6815
PO Box 47600 FAX: (360) 407-7534
Olympia, WA 98504-7600
USPS: PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600
Parcels: 300 Desmond Drive, Lacey, WA 98503-1274
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle wrote:
I have tried many Linux distributions before, and never looked back after switching for Arch Linux. It is one of the best distributions with regard to having an up to date but still reasonably stable system. Other options are Fedora Rawhide (there's a Fedora SIG mailing list) or Debian Sid (as others mentioned, there's a Debian SIG mailing list), but I don't know how dependable those versions are. Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle Former GNOME translator Em Qui 9 jun. 2016, ?s 20:08, Ista Zahn escreveu:
Perhaps r-sig-debian is more appropriate, though it is not clear to me that a debian based linux is in fact the best for running R. Of course "best" is not clearly defined here, but I highly recommend Archlinux. Best, Ista On Jun 9, 2016 6:47 PM, "Bert Gunter" <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
I suggest that you post to the r-sig-debian list instead of here. I think you are more likely to get good answers to your query there. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:44 PM, jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I
had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course.
As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux
and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best
with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
programs.
Many thanks, Jack
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Clint Bowman <clint at ecy.wa.gov> writes: I am really wondering, why nobody mentioned Ubuntu so far? Ubuntu is a really nice distro, I never had problems with it, many programs are available for Ubuntu, and it is build on Debian (stable). Don't worry about Unity Window manager - there are many other options available (Xubuntu being one of the better known ones - Ubuntu just packed with a different Windows Manager). If you are new to Linux, I would really suggest Ubuntu.
I believe any major Linux distribution will provide decent support for R, and I agree there are plenty of reasons for preferring Ubuntu or other Linux distributions over Arch Linux. The reason why I suggested Arch Linux was how up to date the package is, because that was the motivation of the original post. R 3.3.0 was released by the R Core Team on 2016-05-03, and on 2016-05-04 it was available in Arch Linux's "testing" repository. On 2016-05-17, after at least one week with no (packaging) bug reports, the package was moved to the "extra". This is the usual rhythm. Don't be fooled by the repository name, it is the repository for popular software like Firefox, GNOME and LibreOffice, and it is maintained by official Arch Linux developers / package maintainers. Hope that helps, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle
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jax200 <jax200 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint. During a recent R course, I had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the course. As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of Linux and R. I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works best with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both programs. Many thanks, Jack
Any Linux distribution is likely to work well with R. The chief hick-up is keeping you R release up to date. Typical linux releases including Ubuntu, Opensuse and Fedora R versions available through their system updates all tend to lag behind the R release version available on CRAN. Asking for help will inevitably result in responders asking about the R version you used, and, if it is significantly older than the current version, you will be asked to update R and retry your problem procedure. That means that you will probably want to handle updating R manually to remain current rather than rely on the Linux release updating system. JDougherty