S-PLUS 6.1 for Unix Support Page

Information on this page refers to:
S-PLUS 6.1 Release 2 for Solaris 32-bit (outdated)
S-PLUS 6.1 Release 2 for Linux (outdated)

Please note: S-PLUS 6.1 has been replaced by a newer version on all platforms. Click here for information about the latest release.

You can check the version you have by typing version at the S-PLUS command line. If you do not have the most current version, please contact sales to order an upgrade CD. Information on the previous release is also available.

Getting Started

Before you start using S-PLUS, we suggest reading the Getting Started Guide. For new users, it includes a step-by-step tutorial on reading, visualizing and analyzing data in S-PLUS, and for long-time S-PLUS users it describes features new to S-PLUS 6.

The Getting Started Guide was included with your copy of S-PLUS, and can be found in the doc subdirectory of the S-PLUS installation directory as the file getstart.pdf. You can find the location of the S-PLUS installation directory by typing Splus6 SHOME at the shell prompt.

Featured Links

For last-minute information about S-PLUS 6, read the latest S-PLUS release notes by selecting your version from the list to the right.

We are aware of some known problems with this release of S-PLUS.

See our collection of S-PLUS links with sources of user-contributed packages for S-PLUS.

For discussions about S-PLUS, we recommend the s-news mailing list. Click here for instructions on how to join the list. Archives of the list are also available. See our User Groups page for more information on this and other on-line communities.

There are dozens of books available to provide in-depth information related to S-PLUS - see our books page for a complete list. The Basics of S and S-PLUS (Krause & Olson) and Modern Applied Statistics with S-PLUS (Venables & Ripley) are highly-recommended community favorites.

A training course in S-PLUS is a great way to become familiar with S-PLUS and increase your productivity. See our training pages for course descriptions, times, and locations.

A number of add-on modules are available for S-PLUS in areas such as spatial statistics, numerical optimization, and environmental statistics. See our modules page for a list.