S-PLUS 6.1 for Windows Support Page

Thanks for installing S-PLUS. Look here to find the latest news about S-PLUS, with information designed to make your S-PLUS experience more rewarding.

Information on this page relates to S-PLUS 6.1 Release 1 for Windows. Please note: S-PLUS 6.1 has been superseded by a later release. Click here for information about the latest version.

Information on this page relates to this version. You can check the version you have by selecting About S-PLUS from the Help menu in S-PLUS. 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 Help > Online Manuals menu.

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For last-minute information about S-PLUS 6, read the latest S-PLUS release notes.

We are aware of some known problems with this release of S-PLUS. Also, see the S-PLUS FAQ for a list of frequently-asked questions and answers.

Additional libraries for S-PLUS are available as beta-test downloads from Insightful Library.

Also, see our collection of S-PLUS links with sources of user-contributed packages for S-PLUS.

Updates to Harrell's Design and Hmisc libraries are available. These zip files should be extracted to the library folder of your S-PLUS 6.1 installation. Further information, including detailed installation instructions, is available these pages on Design and Hmisc from Frank Harrell's website.

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.

Contacts and FeedbackFor questions about your S-PLUS license, please contact an S-PLUS sales representative in your country.

Need help with S-PLUS? See the support page for information on how to contact a local technical support engineer.

If you would like to make a suggestion for an enhancement to S-PLUS or would like to report a bug, please email bugs@insightful.com.