[R] Installing R on Xandros 3.0

[Marc Schwartz]

On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 17:06 -0500, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> If I have to guess, `desktop Linux' such as Xandros do not come with
> compilers and other development tools, so compiling from source will be a
> bit of a challenge.  I recall having played with Corel Linux during its
> rather short lifetime (also Debian based), and was horrified to find it
> lacking GCC.  Apparently people who make up such distros have the same view
> as Mr. Gates that compilers need not be part of a desktop OS.
> 
> (If I'm not mistaken, Unbuntu has the same problem.  However, apt-get is
> _really_ easy...)

[snip]

Ubuntu does include devel tools on the main CD:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/development-tools

While the install CD is of course limited due to space, there are a lot
of packages that are available via repositories.

My general sense of Ubuntu is that it is a something of an attempt to
parallel the aggressive release schedule of Fedora utilizing the Debian
'sid' framework.

A general overview of the relationship between Debian and Ubuntu is
here:

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/relationship/document_view

HTH,

Marc