[ESS] ESS install questions: R-devel
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Wed Apr 23 16:11:47 CEST 2008
>>>>> "NJ" == Nitin Jain <nj7w at yahoo.com>
>>>>> on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:55:02 -0700 (PDT) writes:
NJ> Hi, I have a few questions about ESS:
NJ> 1) I installed R-devel on Ubuntu and set an alias alias
NJ> R-devel='~/R/R-devel/bin/R' in my .bash_aliases file.
that's not sufficient.
You must add 'R-devel' to your path.
One standard way {using bash} would be to do
cd
mkdir bin
cd bin
ln -s ~/R/R-devel/bin/R R-devel
and make sure that your '~/bin' is part of your PATH.
E.g., by (do this and add it to your ~/.bash_profile !) :
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
NJ> Next, I downloaded ESS thru svn and in my init.el file,
NJ> added:
NJ> (load "/home/jainn4/installed/ESS/lisp/ess-site")
NJ> When I start R in ESS: xemacs test.R -f R &
NJ> I get the following message: (1) (initialization/error)
NJ> An error has occurred while loading
NJ> /home/jainn4/.xemacs/init.el: Cannot open load file:
NJ> essl-bugs
NJ> (although, R gets started)
I assume that's an Xemacs problem.
Has anyone else seen this?
NJ> 2) Next, I try to repeat the process with R-devel,
NJ> Error: ess-site.el: ess-etc-directory Symbol's function
NJ> definition is void: R-devel
NJ> Now, R does not get started.
{yes; solution above}
NJ> 3) Last, which editor is recommended for ESS - xemacs or
NJ> emacs?
(GNU) emacs; more than ever
NJ> Thanks. Nitin
you're welcome.
Martin
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