Updating version of R & getting it to work with R Essentials?

[Eugene Wang]

Hi all,

I have SPSS v20 with R Essentials installed (on Mac).  The R version which works with R Essentials 20 is 2.12.  Is there a way to update R to the latest version (2.15) and still have it work with R Essentials?

Thanks in advance!


Eugene

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Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University
[hidden email]

[Jon K Peck]

No, at least not in a supported way.  Each Statistics release is tied to a particular version of R due to the R header files that are required to build the plugin.  You can have multiple versions of R installed, but Statistics 20 is tied to R2.12.

However, the source code and build instructions for the plugin are provided via the SPSS Community site, and you could certainly download that, get the R headers for 2.15 from CRAN , and try to build a 2.15 plugin for V20.  There's a good chance that it would work.


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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Date:        12/17/2012 08:03 AM
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Hi all,

I have SPSS v20 with R Essentials installed (on Mac).  The R version which works with R Essentials 20 is 2.12.  Is there a way to update R to the latest version (2.15) and still have it work with R Essentials?

Thanks in advance!


Eugene





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Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University
eugene.wang@...

[Eugene Wang]

OK, thanks so much for the quick reply!


Eugene

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Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University
[hidden email]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Jon K Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:

No, at least not in a supported way.  Each Statistics release is tied to a particular version of R due to the R header files that are required to build the plugin.  You can have multiple versions of R installed, but Statistics 20 is tied to R2.12.

However, the source code and build instructions for the plugin are provided via the SPSS Community site, and you could certainly download that, get the R headers for 2.15 from CRAN , and try to build a 2.15 plugin for V20.  There's a good chance that it would work.


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
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new phone: <a href="tel:[phone]" value="[phone]" target="_blank">720-342-5621




From:        Eugene Wang <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email],
Date:        12/17/2012 08:03 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Updating version of R & getting it to work with R              Essentials?
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>

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Hi all,

I have SPSS v20 with R Essentials installed (on Mac).  The R version which works with R Essentials 20 is 2.12.  Is there a way to update R to the latest version (2.15) and still have it work with R Essentials?

Thanks in advance!


Eugene





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Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University
[hidden email]

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

I checked that a while ago and it seems totally do-able. You need Visual Studio 2008 and some knowledge about the C language.
You also need an uncompiled version of the R version of your choice (downloadable from CRAN). I believe Rversion.h is automatically generated. One drawback is can you cannot use IBM Tech Support anymore.

I'd be *very* interested to hear about your experiences with this.
 

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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From: Eugene Wang <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] Updating version of R & getting it to work with R Essentials?

OK, thanks so much for the quick reply!


Eugene

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Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University
[hidden email]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Jon K Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:

No, at least not in a supported way.  Each Statistics release is tied to a particular version of R due to the R header files that are required to build the plugin.  You can have multiple versions of R installed, but Statistics 20 is tied to R2.12.

However, the source code and build instructions for the plugin are provided via the SPSS Community site, and you could certainly download that, get the R headers for 2.15 from CRAN , and try to build a 2.15 plugin for V20.  There's a good chance that it would work.


Jon Peck (no "h") aka Kim
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
[hidden email]
new phone: [phone]




From:        Eugene Wang <[hidden email]>
To:        [hidden email],
Date:        12/17/2012 08:03 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Updating version of R & getting it to work with R              Essentials?
Sent by:        "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <[hidden email]>

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Hi all,

I have SPSS v20 with R Essentials installed (on Mac).  The R version which works with R Essentials 20 is 2.12.  Is there a way to update R to the latest version (2.15) and still have it work with R Essentials?

Thanks in advance!


Eugene





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Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Texas Tech University
[hidden email]