[needs-packaging] RStudio

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Please package this software it would make life so much nicer for us number crunchers. ;-)

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

There is a PPA for RStudio: http://support.rstudio.org/help/discussions/suggestions/1101-please-add-debs-for-ubuntu-1204

I maintain that PPA. It simply repackages the deb built by rstudio.org
for Ubuntu 10.04 into a PPA for 12.04.
 I see our rstudio is full of little question mark icons. It is still usable, but quite annoying.
Any idea how I can fix this?

Fixed by adding a dependency on libjpeg62

Rstudio really needs to be available in the Software Center.
This app is is the best IDE for the R language, clearly more powerful and good looking than Rkward or Rcmdr.
Adding this app to the repositories would definitely add value to the Debian based operating systems, at least for scientists and programmers.

I thought I'd just add that the .deb package provided by www.rstudio.org works perfectly in 12.04 LTS, I never encountered any problem with it.

Hi

On 28 June 2012 02:12, Stéphane Guillou <email address hidden> wrote:

> I thought I'd just add that the .deb package provided by www.rstudio.org
> works perfectly in 12.04 LTS, I never encountered any problem with it.
>

1. It does not update via apt and update-manager.

2. It does not install dependencies (if you have no R, it fails to install).

That 's not perfect. The PPA solves both of those very serious handicaps.

Regards,
Jan

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Hi

The PPA has now been updated to 0.96.304

Still, would be great if upstream ran the PPA. They have
plans to do so, or to get it into debian, apparantly when
they reach 1.0 or something like that.

Regards,
Jan

On 28 June 2012 04:35, Jan Groenewald <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 28 June 2012 02:12, Stéphane Guillou <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> I thought I'd just add that the .deb package provided by www.rstudio.org
>> works perfectly in 12.04 LTS, I never encountered any problem with it.
>>
>
> 1. It does not update via apt and update-manager.
>
> 2. It does not install dependencies (if you have no R, it fails to
> install).
>
> That 's not perfect. The PPA solves both of those very serious handicaps.
>
> Regards,
> Jan
>
>
>
> --
> .~.
> /V\ Jan Groenewald
> /( )\ www.aims.ac.za
> ^^-^^
>
>

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Sorry Jan, I was just saying that the app itself works without any bugs on Ubuntu, to add to the fact that it would be a great addition to the Software Center, that's all.
I'm all with you with making it packaged in Debian/Ubuntu to get the dependencies and updates right ! ;)

This is a really bug report. But Rstudio is not part of the repository yet. I think R RStudio is one of the most used IDEs for R, especially in social sciences. Therefore it would e great if it could become part of the universe repository.