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 1R6JY4-0005Xo-NL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:57:01 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F97421C112; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:56:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41D621C09A for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:56:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so1915292wyf.40 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:56:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.220.129 with SMTP id o1mr1928312wep.103.1316599001874; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:56:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.localnet ([130.206.138.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ev5sm6233818wbb.11.2011.09.21.02.56.40 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:56:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Cruz Enrique Borges To: gentoo-science@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-science] Installing SPSS in gentoo linux Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:57:38 +0200 Message-ID: <2249067.b07hMzk2bI@thor> Organization: DeustoTech (Energy Unit) User-Agent: KMail/4.7.1 (Linux/3.1.0-rc6+; KDE/4.7.1; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: <1941335.XQIEoEv0Lm@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-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 16783d3b3d412af79221d0f6312e432f 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= use R but > > my brother don't have the skill to manage in a command line enviorm= ent. > > 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. >=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. I have managed to install MAPLE before that way. I hope it will be the = same.=20 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... >=20 > R Commander > RGNumeric >=20 > ...and others detailed at http://sciviews.org/_rgui/ As I was told he has tryed but did not find confortable with anyone.=20= Thanks for the quick reply! > Neil >=20 --=20 Cruz Enrique Borges Hern=E1ndez Email: cruz.borges@deusto.es DeustoTech Energy Telefono: 944139000 ext.2052 Avda. Universidades, 24 48007 Bilbao, Spain