How to have multiple versions of R on Ubuntu 8.04
Dear Michael Thanks a lot for your quick answer! Michael Rutter a ?crit :
Matthieu, Have you tried installing it? We have just updated the versions of R on CRAN and maybe the bug the package website mentions have been fixed.
Yes I tried and unfortunately it does not solve the prob: checking gcc version... 4.2.4 checking for gawk... /usr/bin/awk checking for inst/npsol/linux/x86/gcc4.2/libnpsol.a... no configure: error: npsol library not found ERROR: configuration failed for package ?OpenMx?
In order to have multiple version of R installed, you will need to build the second version from source. Here are the details: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Installing-R-under-Unix_002dalikes You must be very careful to install R in a different location and have a different location for the lib files. Read carefully through the section of Unix-like systems to see which options you need to set. The good news is that you can always reinstall R 2.10 from apt-get or synaptic if the versions cross.
Ok, so I need to compile :-( I'll try it, thanks for info!
Another option to consider is using a virtual machine (I use Virtual Box, which is open source) with the needed version of R on it. You can share data files between the host and virtual machine, if needed.
Oh also? Mmh this would be something to do, but as I don't have any knowledge of it I think I'll try first to compile... Thanks again for help!
Hope this helps, Michael Matthieu Stigler wrote:
Hi I want to use a special package (openMx: http://openmx.psyc.virginia.edu/installing-openmx) that runs currently only on R 2.9 but I have R 2.10 installed (from CRAN). How can I do to have the two versions ( 2.9 and czrrent 2.10) running? Is there a trick with apt-get or should I compile 2.9 from the sources? And if yes, how can I specify a special path for R 2.9 so that by default 2.10 is used? Thanks a lot! Matthieu Stigler
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