[Rd] new R package BRugs

[Uwe Ligges]

OK, here we go (since we forgot to address the the Linux folks' problems 
explicitly - apologies!).

*In principle*, you need the 1.5 version of the BlackBox Compiler from
http://www.oberon.ch/blackbox.html

Details and documentation how to compile are available from the 
developer manual:
http://mathstat.helsinki.fi/openbugs/data/Docu/Developer%20Manual.html

*BUT*:
- We (Sibylle and Uwe) have not managed to compile OpenBUGS ourselves.
- In particular, we have not managed to get the .dll/.so compiled, and 
Andrew Thomas writes in the developer manual: "Please note I am the only 
person who has the ELF linker at present".

That's why we do ship the .so/.dll for now (and later?).

Andrew Thomas told us that the .so is supposed to work under some Linux 
versions (I have never managed to get it to work up to now, but this is 
high level on the ToDo list).
The .dll has been tested on WinNT, WinXP and WinServer2003.

Best,
Uwe



(Ted Harding) wrote:

> On 08-Apr-05 A.J. Rossini wrote:
> 
>>where does one find a Component Pascal compiler?  Does anyone
>>know which one the OpenBUGS project is using?
> 
> 
> I hesitate to suggest that Tony Rossini might be confused,
> but I think I am (though I feel a bit confused about that
> too)!
> 
> One piece of information which may be helpful (though it
> hasn't cleared things up for me) is from
> 
>   http://www.math.helsinki.fi/openbugs/
> 
>     Software
> 
>     A combined version of the OpenBUGS programme for
>     Windows and Linux personel computers can be downloaded
>     as a .zip file from here. There are some instructions
>     for installation on this page.
> 
>     The Windows version of OpenBUGS contains three seperate
>     exectutable files: winbugs.exe for running the GUI
>     Windows version, the shortcut BackBUGS for running a
>     non interative script in WinBUGS and ClassicBUGS,
>     a non Windows command line version of BUGS. BRugs,
>     a set of R functions which reproduce the functionality
>     of the GUI interface, is also avaliable to Windows users.
>     The Linux version of OpenBUGS consists of a single shell
>     script, LinBUGS, which provides the "ClassicBUGS" interface.
>     At present the BRugs R functions do not work under Linux.
> 
>     The binary distribution of the programme comes with
>     documentation in two formats: *.odc the native WinBUGS
>     format, and *.html which can also be read on Linux personal
>     computers using a web browser. The documentation can also
>     be read online here.
> 
>     The full source code for OpenBUGS is available. The source
>     code for the most recent verion (OpenBUGS 2.1.0) can be
>     downloaded as a .zip file from here
> 
>     The Component Pascal source code consists of a large number
>     of modules of which only a subset are required for the Linux
>     personel computer platform.
> 
> As to "Component Pascal", this seems from my searches to be
> a outgrowth of Oberon, and apparently at one time was called
> "Garden Point Component Pascal". Garden Point originally
> produced a version of Modula 2, which was required to compile
> the old orignal version of BUGS (pre-WinBUGS) on Linux (which
> I once did, about 10 years ago).
> 
> So it all seems to be tangled up together, with no clear
> indication of what you need, nor how to do it, if you want
> to get BRugs up on Linux.
> 
> As to getting hold of Component Pascal, while there is
> documentation on the Oberon Website
> 
>   http://www.oberon.ch
> 
> there is no indication of how to get the software. It looks
> as though (though this is not clear either) it may be a
> commercial product.
> 
> Hoping this helps, if not to clarify, at least to assist
> others in their searches!
> 
> Best wishes to all,
> Ted.
> 
> 
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