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Comment on Stata v12 with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot by Jonas Ranstam

Jonas Ranstam — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:27:05 +0000

Hi Harold,

I think the problem is caused by not having installed the right libgtksourceview. If I remember it correctly I installed libgtksourceview2.0-0 and created a symbolic link to libgtksourceview-1.0.so.0.

However, libgtksourceview2.0-0 may not be in the Ubuntu 11.10 repositories. You would then have to find it somewhere else. See the conversation at the lower part of http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-457819.html.

Comment on Stata v12 with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot by Harold

Harold — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:17:55 +0000

I am running Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit and having the following error, while calling Stata 12 GUI version (xstata):

Gtk-ERROR **: GTK+ 2.x symbols detected. Using GTK+ 2.x and GTK+ 3 in the same process is not supported

Any suggestions on how to fix it?
The console version runs fine.
Harold

Comment on How to install R on Ubuntu 11.04 by Jonas Ranstam

Jonas Ranstam — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:50:37 +0000

If you wish to install the package in the folder /usr/R-libs and this does not exist, just create it.
Then make the folder writeable as above and install the package again. Note that install.packages(“r-cran-boot”,lib=”/usr/lib/R/library”) is an R-command and should be run in an R console (start R by typing “R” in a terminal window), not at the bash prompt. If you wish to do that, use this is the command:

R CMD INSTALL r-cran-boot -l /usr/lib/R/library

To get more information on this subject, type ?INSTALL in an R console.

Comment on How to install R on Ubuntu 11.04 by dixi

dixi — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:03:20 +0000

Thank you for the response but I still can not follow it. It seems that I do not have R-lib.
dixi@dixi-System-Product-Name:/usr$ ls -l
total 200
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 69632 2012-01-20 11:03 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-11-02 10:44 games
drwxr-xr-x 38 root root 16384 2012-01-17 12:12 include
drwxr-xr-x 240 root root 73728 2012-01-20 11:03 lib
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2011-04-26 06:50 local
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2012-01-03 09:44 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 350 root root 12288 2012-01-17 12:12 share
drwxrwsr-x 15 root src 4096 2011-12-13 11:45 src

i checked /usr/lib/R. within the R folder i have lib and library folder. The library folder has a locked icon on it.

i tried sudo chmod 777 /usr/lib/R/lib and sudo chmod 777 /usr/lib/R/library. then install.packages(“r-cran-boot”,lib=”/usr/lib/R/lib”) or install.packages(“r-cran-boot”,lib=”/usr/lib/R/library”)

but i get
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `”r-cran-boot”,lib=”/usr/lib/R/library”‘

btw, i also check synaptic manager and “multiverse” has a checked on it. The same for restricted, universe and main.

Comment on How to install R on Ubuntu 11.04 by Jonas Ranstam

Jonas Ranstam — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:22:17 +0000

Hi dixi, You can read about Linux file permissions here. To set write permission to /usr/R-libs for all users using the commandline, first open a terminal window (press the "Ctrl", "Alt" and "t" keys at the same time). Then run the command: sudo chmod 777 /usr/R-libs. Another alternative is to save the package at another folder under your home directory. R will suggest one to you if /usr/R-libs turns out to be unwriteable. You can read about the different R-packages here. Look for Download, Packages in the left column.

Comment on How to install R on Ubuntu 11.04 by dixi

dixi — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:46:41 +0000

Hi! im very new to using Ubuntu 11.10 (not a techy as well) and I am trying to install R.
I am done with the first step. I have a few question:

“To install a new package and save the files at /usr/R-libs, first make sure that /usr/R-libs is writeable, then start R:” >> how can i make sure that /usr/R-libs is writeable?

also, “> install.packages(“package name”, lib=”/usr/R-libs”)”, what shall i write in “package name”?

when i copied that syntax “install.packages(“package name”, lib=”/usr/R-libs”)”, I got an error
“install.packages(“package name”, lib=”/usr/R-libs”)”

Can you help me with this please?

Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, Gnome 3, and Dell Vostro 3350 by Jonas Ranstam

Jonas Ranstam — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:19:51 +0000

Hi Creym, Yes, the machine works fine. I have not encountered any more problems. Good luck.

Comment on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, Gnome 3, and Dell Vostro 3350 by creym

creym — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:34:56 +0000

Thanks Jonas! Apart from that the machine is working fine? I’m about to buy one to run Ubuntu 11.10 on it, and I’m a bit worried about the outcomes. Thanks beforehand

Comment on Stata v12 with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot by Jonas Ranstam

Jonas Ranstam — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:54:08 +0000

I am running Ubuntu 32-bit, but my installation was straightforward. However, if you haven’t got libgtksourceview-2.0.so.0 in your system you need to install it first.

sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview2.0-0

Comment on Stata v12 with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot by Maciek

Maciek — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:05:17 +0000

For information on installation of STATA 11 and STATA 12 on Ubuntu 11.10 (with Gnome 3) follow this link instead
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2011-10/msg00689.html