Re: Question about PSPP installation

[Ester Quintana]

Good morning,

Thank you both for your help. This has been insightful. Perhaps PSPP is not the 
best software for me. I like the idea that it works like SPSS but it doesn’t 
seem to be at a stage where it is user friendly - unless one has the right 
operating system, etc.  For the time being, I’ll wait to install it. I 
appreciate your help.

Best regards,
Ester 


> On Nov 7, 2020, at 3:06 AM, John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hello Ester,
> 
> Like Alan says, PSPP should install and run on Windows 10.  However,
> like the download page says, it is not what we would recommend as a first
> choice.
> 
> For both technical and ethical reasons, we recommend running on a free 
> operating
> system such as GNU or GNU/Linux.   Since you are installing a new system, you
> might want to consider upgrading to one of those.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 05:40:49PM -0500, Ester Quintana wrote:
>     Hi Alan,
> 
>     Thank you for your response. I am using a Windows 10 laptop (64 bits),
>     which I bought earlier this year - meaning that it should be compatible
>     with the software.
> 
>     I checked the first link (https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html) but 
> I
>     still don't understand what needs to be installed - sorry, the 
> installation
>     of this software is not intuitive to someone like me. I have SPSS on my
>     laptop but the license is about to expire and I can't afford to renew it.
>     According to the GNU page, it looks like I might have to install some
>     binaries for Windows. The Binaries/Windows portion has to links:
> 
>     Windows: installers <http://pspp.awardspace.info/> or all downloadable 
> files
>     <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files>
> 
>     I selected "installers" which takes me to the page:
>     http://pspp.awardspace.info . Could I install  
> PSPP_2020-09-05_daily_64bits
>     
> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/files/2020-09-05/pspp-20200905-daily-64bits-setup.exe/download>
>     ?
> 
>     Thank you again,
>     Ester
> 
>>     On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 5:18 PM Alan Mead <amead2@alanmead.org> wrote:
>> 
>> What type of computer do you use? Windows 10? Windows 7? Mac? Linux? This
>> page has links to "binaries" (i.e., installable executables). The pages
>> you're findig are more for someone who wants the source code.
>> 
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html
>> 
>> If you still use Windows 7, you should upgrade (to Mac/Linux, ideally) but
>> the 32-bit executables available on pspp.awardspace.info will work (the
>> 64-bit won't; IIRC, the 64-bit package installs but will not operate).
>> 
>> -Alan
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/6/2020 4:04 PM, Ester Quintana wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am interested in installing PSPP on my personal laptop (PC). I am a bit
>> confused about all the different packages that need to be installed prior
>> to the installation of the program, at least according to this page:
>> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/tree/INSTALL  My question is,
>> is there a single zipfile/package that contains everything needed to
>> install and run the program properly? Your advice is greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Thank you for your help,
>> Ester Quintana
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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