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From: Cruz Enrique Borges <cruz.borges@deusto.es>
To: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-science] Installing SPSS in gentoo linux
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:57:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2249067.b07hMzk2bI@thor> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADcCPCF1aKa6zSmVpqe8yp6wd2=B1_vZg+pP4RsU22oBQXC6yQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wednesday 21 September 2011 10:40:47 Neil Shephard wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Cruz Enrique Borges
> <cruz.borges@deusto.es> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I was wondering if I can install SPSS in gentoo linux. I personally use R but
> > my brother don't have the skill to manage in a command line enviorment.
> > He has tryed rk-ward and PSPP and don't fell confortable enought so he wants
> > to try with the spss linux port.
> >
> > Have anyone manage to install it? I have google for an ebuild or a how-to
> > without luck and I will trying to download the package right now.
> 
> 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.

I have managed to install MAPLE before that way. I hope it will be the same. 
I suppose the University where he works have licenses (at least for the windows
version...). Anyway I will use the trial version to test.

> You might want to consider some of the R GUI's such as...
> 
> R Commander
> RGNumeric
> 
> ...and others detailed at http://sciviews.org/_rgui/

As I was told he has tryed but did not find confortable with anyone. 

Thanks for the quick reply!

> Neil
> 
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Cruz Enrique Borges Hernández
Email: cruz.borges@deusto.es

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-21  9:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-21  9:35 [gentoo-science] Installing SPSS in gentoo linux Cruz Enrique Borges
2011-09-21  9:40 ` Neil Shephard
2011-09-21  9:57   ` Cruz Enrique Borges [this message]
2011-09-21 13:14     ` Donnie Berkholz
2011-09-21 13:53       ` Neil Shephard

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