From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R6MdY-000338-H1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:14:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68F2C21C0C4; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:14:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20BE021C0E7 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-191-141-186.static.roch.mn.charter.com [66.191.141.186]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: dberkholz) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 55FE21B400F for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:14:31 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:14:29 -0500 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-science] Installing SPSS in gentoo linux Message-ID: <20110921131429.GB3640@comet> References: <1941335.XQIEoEv0Lm@thor> <2249067.b07hMzk2bI@thor> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2249067.b07hMzk2bI@thor> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 20c26ac629494dadbb9594cc94749e61 --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11:57 Wed 21 Sep , Cruz Enrique Borges wrote: > On Wednesday 21 September 2011 10:40:47 Neil Shephard wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Cruz Enrique Borges > > wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > I was wondering if I can install SPSS in gentoo linux. I personally u= se R but > > > my brother don't have the skill to manage in a command line enviormen= t. > > > He has tryed rk-ward and PSPP and don't fell confortable enought so h= e wants > > > to try with the spss linux port. > > > > > > Have anyone manage to install it? I have google for an ebuild or a ho= w-to > > > without luck and I will trying to download the package right now. > >=20 > > SPSS is licensed software so you'll have to ensure you have one. > > Never installed before, but I'd imagine it comes packaged with an > > installer (or as an RPM) and I'd be inclined to install locally into > > users home directory (e.g. ~/bin). Not a very clean/gentoo approach, > > but I doubt it warrants writing an ebuild. >=20 > I have managed to install MAPLE before that way. I hope it will be the sa= me.=20 > I suppose the University where he works have licenses (at least for the w= indows > version...). Anyway I will use the trial version to test. >=20 > > You might want to consider some of the R GUI's such as... > >=20 > > R Commander > > RGNumeric I would particularly recommend RStudio, which is more modern and=20 prettier. --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Science developer Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.com --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk554zUACgkQXVaO67S1rtthPACgvgmf27toSa3itAzdrg2797Yg /WoAnjwBEX5zFCWYtOUc3JIGp9G22DDn =IJMh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye--