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1. Rodney Sparapani
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We recently switched to Linux. And, I was interested in running BRugs. However, it does not exist on CRAN. I know that BRugs for Windows is in CRAN extras, but BRugs for Linux is not. This lead me to believe that BRugs for Linux does not exist. However, that is mistaken since BRugs for Linux can be found at So, my question is: why is BRugs for Linux not on CRAN?

Others may wrongly assume that it does not exist (as I did). Rodney Sparapani Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research Sr. Biostatistician 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better! Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) WWLD?: What Would Lombardi Do? Milwaukee, WI, USA Thread view. We recently switched to Linux. And, I was interested in running BRugs.

However, it does not exist on CRAN. I know that BRugs for Windows is in CRAN extras, but BRugs for Linux is not. This lead me to believe that BRugs for Linux does not exist. However, that is mistaken since BRugs for Linux can be found at So, my question is: why is BRugs for Linux not on CRAN? Others may wrongly assume that it does not exist (as I did). Rodney Sparapani Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research Sr.

Biostatistician 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better! Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) WWLD?: What Would Lombardi Do?

Milwaukee, WI, USA. On 22:24, Rodney Sparapani wrote: We recently switched to Linux. And, I was interested in running BRugs. However, it does not exist on CRAN. I know that BRugs for Windows is in CRAN extras, but BRugs for Linux is not.

This lead me to believe that BRugs for Linux does not exist. However, that is mistaken since BRugs for Linux can be found at So, my question is: why is BRugs for Linux not on CRAN?

Others may wrongly assume that it does not exist (as I did). This is entirely my fault since I had negative amount of free timne to care about it during the last 6 months. It is very high on my priority list now and I finished the main teaching processes yesterday. So I may tackle it really soon (although I said that in the past and did not). On 03/ 8/11 02:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: This is entirely my fault since I had negative amount of free timne to care about it during the last 6 months. It is very high on my priority list now and I finished the main teaching processes yesterday.

So I may tackle it really soon (although I said that in the past and did not). Uwe Hi Uwe: So, just to be clear. I'm not asking about timing per se, but where will BRugs appear? On CRAN or CRAN extras? Hopefully, CRAN because I don't think many people know about CRAN extras. Rodney Sparapani Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research Sr. Biostatistician 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better!

Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) WWLD?: What Would Lombardi Do? Milwaukee, WI, USA. On 16:13, Rodney Sparapani wrote: On 03/ 8/11 02:59 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: This is entirely my fault since I had negative amount of free timne to care about it during the last 6 months. It is very high on my priority list now and I finished the main teaching processes yesterday. So I may tackle it really soon (although I said that in the past and did not). Uwe Hi Uwe: So, just to be clear. I'm not asking about timing per se, but where will BRugs appear?

On CRAN or CRAN extras? HopefullyCRAN because I don't think many people know about CRAN extras. CRAN extras is not a standard repository for Linux anyway (while it is for Windows).

I am not entirely sure yet how we can solve it, since BRugs is still not a cross platform package but tied to very specific operating systems (some sorts of Linux + Windows, as far as I can see). On 03/ 8/11 09:15 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: CRAN extras is not a standard repository for Linux anyway (while it is for Windows). Well, Windows and Mac OS X. But, not Linux; I guess Linux could be added in the same spirit. I'm not advocating this approach, but it is possible. I am not entirely sure yet how we can solve it, since BRugs is still not a cross platform package but tied to very specific operating systems (some sorts of Linux + Windows, as far as I can see).

Uwe Well, I think it should be CRAN. For example, there are lots of packages there that have special requirements beyond other R packages. When you try to R CMD INSTALL them, you will get an error message. But, it's harmless. BRugs is similar due to it's requirement of openbugs.so It's not our fault that library is not available on other OS's:o) And, actually, with the XBinary software you could create a dynlib for Mac OS X, although, I haven't tried that.

Similar tricks may be available for x86/x64 UNIX in general. In any case, if the BRugs package is on CRAN, then people will be more motivated to try these tricks out. Rodney Sparapani Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research Sr. Biostatistician 4 wheels good, 2 wheels better! Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) WWLD?: What Would Lombardi Do? Milwaukee, WI, USA. On 16:24, Rodney Sparapani wrote: On 03/ 8/11 09:15 AM, Uwe Ligges wrote: CRAN extras is not a standard repository for Linux anyway (while it is for Windows).

Well, Windows and Mac OS X. But, not Linux; I guess Linux could be added in the same spirit. I'm not advocating this approach, but it is possible. I am not entirely sure yet how we can solve it, since BRugs is still not a cross platform package but tied to very specific operating systems (some sorts of Linux + Windows, as far as I can see).

Uwe Well, I think it should be CRAN. For example, there are lots of packages there that have special requirements beyond other R packages. When you try to R CMD INSTALL them, you will get an error message.

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But, it's harmless. BRugs is similar due to it's requirement of openbugs.so It's not our fault that library is not available on other OS's:o) And, actually, with the XBinary software you could create a dynlib for Mac OS X, although, I haven't tried that.

Similar tricks may be available for x86/x64 UNIX in general. In any case, if the BRugs package is on CRAN, then people will be more motivated to try these tricks out.

Rodney Sparapani

Anyway, let me tackle the open issues on my list (that may have been resolved by others in the meantime anyway) and discuss with the rest of the CRAN crew how to handle the 'binary' problem of BRugs (CRAN does not accept source packages that contain binaries and there should not be an exception just because I am listed as maintainer of this package). On 08/03/11 15:27, Uwe Ligges wrote: Anyway, let me tackle the open issues on my list (that may have been resolved by others in the meantime anyway) and discuss with the rest of the CRAN crew how to handle the 'binary' problem of BRugs (CRAN does not accept source packages that contain binaries and there should not be an exception just because I am listed as maintainer of this package).

I've developed a version of BRugs which does not contain binaries. It works smoothly with already-installed versions of OpenBUGS, on both Windows and Linux, in the same way that rjags works with JAGS. These will all be available from openbugs.info with the forthcoming release of OpenBUGS (3.2.1).

The source for this is currently on branches/linux in the sourceforge repository. Chris - Christopher Jackson Research Statistician, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Robinson Way, Cambridge, UK, CB2 0SR. +44 (1223) 330381. On 16:36, Chris Jackson wrote: On 08/03/11 15:27, Uwe Ligges wrote: Anyway, let me tackle the open issues on my list (that may have been resolved by others in the meantime anyway) and discuss with the rest of the CRAN crew how to handle the 'binary' problem of BRugs (CRAN does not accept source packages that contain binaries and there should not be an exception just because I am listed as maintainer of this package). I've developed a version of BRugs which does not contain binaries. It works smoothly with already-installed versions of OpenBUGS, on both Windows and Linux, in the same way that rjags works with JAGS.

These will all be available from openbugs.info with the forthcoming release of OpenBUGS (3.2.1). The source for this is currently on branches/linux in the sourceforge repository. I really have to work on it now and catch up with all the e-mail still assembled in my Inbox.

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