Where to found software I've installed

[Low_K]

I just install the R as sudo aptitude install r-recommended, finished without any problem, but after that I can not found it from the Applications list to run it .

Anyboday can help me a little bit :)

[sdbrogan]

Enter R in the terminal & R will run. Remember to use a captal letter. If you're going to be using it a lot consider getting a plug-in for your favorite text-editor (for emacs it's called 'ess'). If you want a graphical interface then the R-commander package is pretty good.

[gunksta]

This discussion could make for an interesting "paper-cut" project. I wonder how hard it would be to go through and develop a list of programs, such as R that are installed but doe not create a launcher in the menu as they do on Windows or OS X.

It seems like there could be two solutions:


Create a short-cut menu item that uses the user's default terminal application.
Have Synaptic/K Packagekit/etc. post a not after installation that the following programs can only be run via the command-line.


I wonder how hard this would be.

[PGScooter]

This discussion could make for an interesting "paper-cut" project. I wonder how hard it would be to go through and develop a list of programs, such as R that are installed but doe not create a launcher in the menu as they do on Windows or OS X.

It seems like there could be two solutions:


Create a short-cut menu item that uses the user's default terminal application.
Have Synaptic/K Packagekit/etc. post a not after installation that the following programs can only be run via the command-line.


I wonder how hard this would be.

great idea gunksta! I really like idea #2 of yours.

[spinoza666]

Low_K have a look at my post in this thread, and I think you will find most of your answers:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1139868&page=2

Good luck with R:)