Message-ID: <C181339C-508E-45FA-87F6-F4DCDA6AF870@act.ulaval.ca>
Date: 2008-06-16T05:25:39Z
From: Vincent Goulet
Subject: [ESS] Debian/Ubuntu packages of a recent version of ess?
In-Reply-To: <40e66e0b0806131309v1f3301c3l2982009a46d71ddc@mail.gmail.com>
Le ven. 13 juin ? 16:09, Douglas Bates a ?crit :
> Is there a repository from which I can install a recent version of ess
> as a Debian/Ubuntu package for amd_64? On the Ubuntu list of packages
> the released version of ess for hardy is 5.3.0-1 which seems, well,
> ancient. I see that there is a 5.3.8 version from the SVN sources for
> intrepid but IIRC trying to install that bring you into all the fun
> with pinning, etc.
>
> It seems there is a binary debian package in the download site for the
> ess sources but that is for the i386 architecture and I think one
> would need to override the architecture to install that one.
>
> Would it be possible to add ess to the list of Debian/Ubuntu packages
> that are available on the CRAN archive? I got the impression that it
> might already be but I don't see it there.
It wasn't one of the packages Michael and I supported. Since it is not
much work, I added it. It's on its way to CRAN now. My understanding
is that the package is the same for all architectures.
Cheers,
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Vincent Goulet, Associate Professor
?cole d'actuariat
Universit? Laval, Qu?bec
Vincent.Goulet at act.ulaval.ca http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca