[pkg-bioc] RE: [R-sig-Debian] "Debain" way of installing packages

[Gorjanc Gregor]

OK, I will try with a script and we can talk later about other things.

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    Gregor Gorjanc

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:edd@debian.org]
Sent: =E8et 2005-04-28 04:14
To: Gorjanc Gregor
Cc: pkg-bioc-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org
Subject: RE: [R-sig-Debian] "Debain" way of installing packages
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(Removed r-sig-debian, which is more about using R on Debian.)

On 27 April 2005 at 11:51, Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
| > We actually have scripts that "work", they simply need testing, =
extending and
| > polishing. If you register yourself on alioth.d.o, you can check it =
out of
| > the archive and play with it.
| I will try that and play with scripts. However my idea was to provide =
apt-get=20
| within R i.e. through "debian.install.packages" or something like =
that. What
| do you think about that feature? It would be nice to have since we can =
have

Well, you need at least a wrapper like sudo if you want to do it as a =
user.

Also, and as was said in the beginning of the thread, we are dealing =
with two
distinct package managers that do not know about each other. Might be =
best to
keep them seperate.

That said, once we have something working on Debian, there is no reason =
why
you can't pull that "inside" R with some .R code.

| How does Uwe Ligges perform all those binary builds for Windows?

You probably need to ask him. I presume he has a script, just like =
Detlef has
for SuSE (which is based on Albrecht's work, and Albrecht himself then
created a first Debianising script upon which I built and which is the =
basis
of what is on alioth -- but I digress).

So why don't you try your luck with the alioth script once you are =
registered
on alioth and we made you a member of the team. Use this list for =
questions
as e.g. Egon and I could try to help.

Cheers, Dirk

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