[rkward-cvs] SF.net SVN: rkward:[3582] branches/jss_dec_10/FINAL_JSS_TEX/FINAL_splitted/ installing_starting_RKWard.tex
sjar at users.sourceforge.net
sjar at users.sourceforge.net
Thu May 19 22:28:20 UTC 2011
Revision: 3582
http://rkward.svn.sourceforge.net/rkward/?rev=3582&view=rev
Author: sjar
Date: 2011-05-19 22:28:20 +0000 (Thu, 19 May 2011)
Log Message:
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+ first proof
+ minor corrections
+ \url{} tag added to URLs
+ FreeBSD should not be in same line with GNU/Linux IMHO
+ Footnote "8" needs in any case other formating
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--- branches/jss_dec_10/FINAL_JSS_TEX/FINAL_splitted/installing_starting_RKWard.tex 2011-05-19 15:23:32 UTC (rev 3581)
+++ branches/jss_dec_10/FINAL_JSS_TEX/FINAL_splitted/installing_starting_RKWard.tex 2011-05-19 22:28:20 UTC (rev 3582)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Contrary to some other \proglang{R} GUIs, such as \pkg{Rcmdr}, \pkg{RKWard} cannot be installed and started as a
regular \proglang{R} add-on package. Rather, it is started as a stand-alone application which embeds the
\proglang{R} engine, and needs to be installed in a platform dependent way, as detailed, below\footnote{
- See http://p.sf.net/rkward/download for an overview and platform specific download links.
+ See \url{http://p.sf.net/rkward/download} for an overview and platform specific download links.
}. Besides the
\pkg{KDE} runtime environment and \proglang{R}, \pkg{RKWard} utilizes a growing number of \pkg{R} add-on packages.
However, these do not have to be installed before hand. Rather \pkg{RKWard} will prompt the user to install
@@ -13,19 +13,17 @@
Historically, \pkg{RKWard} originates on the GNU/Linux platform, and binary packages are available for many major
distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Gentoo, Fedora, and also FreeBSD. On systems which
provide up-to-date packages of \proglang{R} and \pkg{KDE}, compilation from source is generally unproblematic\footnote{
- See http://p.sf.net/rkward/compilling for details.
+ See \url{http://p.sf.net/rkward/compilling} for details.
}. The exact size of the installation is system dependent. On Debian x86, the package is currently around 1.5 MB (Megabyte) compressed,
-and 5.5MB uncompressed. However, if the \pkg{KDE} runtime environment is not yet installed, an installation of \pkg{RKWard} may
+and 5.5 MB uncompressed. However, if the \pkg{KDE} runtime environment is not yet installed, an installation of \pkg{RKWard} may
need several hundred MB of disc space.
\subsection{Installation on Microsoft Windows}
\pkg{RKWard} can be used on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Vista, and Windows 7. Source installation on the
-Microsoft Windows platform is comparatively difficult, since various tools need to be installed
-\footnote{
- See http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=RKWard\_on\_Windows/Packaging for details.
-}
-, however, 32bit binaries are also provided by the project. The user has a choice between an small installer (1.7 MB),
-which can be used to install \pkg{RKWard} to pre-existing installations of \proglang{R} and \pkg{KDE}, and a installation
+Microsoft Windows platform is comparatively difficult, since various tools need to be installed\footnote{
+ See \url{http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/rkward/index.php?title=RKWard\_on\_Windows/Packaging} for details.
+}, however, 32bit binaries are also provided by the project. The user has a choice between a small installer (1.7 MB),
+which can be used to install \pkg{RKWard} to pre-existing installations of \proglang{R} and \pkg{KDE}, and an installation
bundle, which includes \pkg{RKWard}, \proglang{R}, and \pkg{KDE}. This bundle can be unpacked to any user-writable folder,
and can be run without any further steps of installation. Using this method of installation,
\pkg{RKWard} can also be installed to a removable storage medium, and moved between different systems (configuration
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