On 1/7/08, Emmanuel Charpentier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hadley wickham a écrit : > > I followed the instructions at > > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html, but I'm > > getting the following error: > > > > ~: sudo apt-get install r-base > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > > that package should be filed. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > r-base: Depends: r-base-core (>= 2.6.1-1dapper0) but it is not installable > > Depends: r-recommended (= 2.6.1-1dapper0) but it is not > > going to be installed > > E: Broken packages > > Huh ? > > Ubuntu i386 packages install with no problem. However, x86_64 is more > problematic : these packages are not built in the CRAN repositories. > IIRC, r-base is an "all architectures" packages (mostly a meta-package), > while r-base-core and r-recommended are binaries. Therefore, r-base is > indeed available, while r-base-core and r-recommended are not. Hence the > jam...
Oh, yes, I keep forgetting that box is 64 bit. > I have been able to rebuild x86-64 packages on Ubuntu Gutsy starting > from the Debian sources ; a cursory check lets me think that these > builds are correct. Let me know if you want them (no guarantees : caveat > emptor). That would be great please. Hadley -- http://had.co.nz/ ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
