Thread: [Announce] r-base for Harmattan
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paolo_3_1415926 is offline paolo_3_1415926
2013-11-09 , 12:03
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Hello,

I have compiled the official r-base source code for Harmattan, and added the package to OpenRepos. This means that you can now enjoy statistical computation anywhere! On a plane! On a bus! How exciting!

On a more serious note, here is a bit of information about R, straight from CRAN.

R is ‘GNU S’, a freely available language and environment for statistical computing and graphics which provides a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques: linear and nonlinear modelling, statistical tests, time series analysis, classification, clustering, etc. Please consult the R project homepage for further information.
Official website for R is here.

The r-base package is currently at version 3.0.2 (Frisbee Sailing) and contains the default set of packages. Below there is a full dump of the contents of this package.

> installed.packages()
Package LibPath Version Priority
base "base" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
boot "boot" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "1.3-9" "recommended"
class "class" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "7.3-9" "recommended"
cluster "cluster" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "1.14.4" "recommended"
codetools "codetools" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "0.2-8" "recommended"
compiler "compiler" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
datasets "datasets" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
foreign "foreign" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "0.8-55" "recommended"
graphics "graphics" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
grDevices "grDevices" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
grid "grid" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
KernSmooth "KernSmooth" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "2.23-10" "recommended"
lattice "lattice" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "0.20-23" "recommended"
MASS "MASS" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "7.3-29" "recommended"
Matrix "Matrix" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "1.0-14" "recommended"
methods "methods" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
mgcv "mgcv" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "1.7-26" "recommended"
nlme "nlme" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.1-111" "recommended"
nnet "nnet" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "7.3-7" "recommended"
parallel "parallel" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
rpart "rpart" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "4.1-3" "recommended"
spatial "spatial" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "7.3-7" "recommended"
splines "splines" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
stats "stats" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
stats4 "stats4" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
survival "survival" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "2.37-4" "recommended"
tcltk "tcltk" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
tools "tools" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
utils "utils" "/opt/R/lib/R/library" "3.0.2" "base"
Some screenshots:





Before leaving you to enjoy the package, a few notes.

First, while the package has been tested quite a bit and should be completely safe, during installation apt will still complain about files not being listed in the digsigsums file. I have searched left and right, but I found very little information about how to add the file hashes to this mysterious file. Any pointer or help with this aspect of the packaging will be greatly appreciated.

I am also planning an additional r-enhanced package. As some of R packages require compilation upon installation, it may not be possible to install said packages straight from r-base on your device. Hence the r-enhanced package, that will provide some packages pre-installed. If someone wants a particular package to be added to r-enhanced, please drop me a note and I'll try to get the package in.

Finally the usual disclaimers. The r-base package for harmattan has been tested as much as possible, it is a straight recompilation of the official source code with just a few modifications of the build scripts, but still you should install it with care and only if you know what you are doing. I won't take any responsibilities for damages caused directly or indirectly by the installation and/or use of this package.

Regards,

Paolo
 

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