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Installation

• Instructions on installing Qt under different operating systems.
  • installation under Ubuntu
  • installation under Mac OS X
• Install the cranvas package
  • install all packages from GitHub using the devtools package

## use devtools to install other dependencies from GitHub
if (!require('devtools')) install.packages('devtools')  # needs Curl for RCurl
library(devtools)
## it takes a few minutes to install qtbase, but you do not need to reinstall it every time
install_github('qtbase', 'ggobi'); install_github('qtpaint', 'ggobi')

install.packages('scales') # install scales from CRAN
pkgs <- list(hadley = c('productplots', 'densityvis'), 
             ggobi = c('tourr', 'objectSignals', 'objectProperties', 'plumbr', 'cranvas'))
for (repo in names(pkgs)) {
  for (pkg in pkgs[[repo]]) install_github(pkg, repo)
}

• alternatively, for users with R >= 2.14.2, qtbase and qtpaint can be installed from CRAN

install.packages(c('qtbase', 'qtpaint'))

Common Features

• (global) graphical parameters
• color palette
• point glyphs
• selection calculus
• data selector
• brushing

Specific Functions

• parallel coordinates plot

For Developers

• utilities
• meta data
• how to rotate a view

Misc

• http://imgur.com is a nice place to upload images
• http://vimeo.com for videos (Hadley has a pro account if you need to upload something big)