I expect what's happened is that you have installed R at some point, then later updated Ubuntu, which caused the R repository you had stored to be disabled.
Try running sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list If my guess is right, you will probably have something like # deb http://<my.favorite.cran.mirror>/bin/linux/ubuntu natty/ #disabled on upgrade to oneiric Note that the whole line has been commented out! To fix, simply uncomment and replace the old ubuntu version (e.g. natty) with your new one (e.g. oneiric). Then, assuming you already have Michael Rutter's key on your system, just run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade and you should be able to upgrade to 2.15.1 Best wishes, Heather On 17/07/12 07:34, chuckles the clone wrote: > Thank you for your snark but it was not necessary. > > In fact I *have* read the "documentation". That's how I got R installed > in the first place. But I followed, again, the instructions on that page > and, again, I am still at version 2.13.1. (SEE BELOW) > > Is there some other means of causing R to update to the latest version? > There is nothing at all in the "documentation" that suggests I should be > having this issue or what to do about it. > > Thanks! > > > # apt-get install r-base > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > r-base is already the newest version. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. > > # apt-get install r-base-dev > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > r-base-dev is already the newest version. > r-base-dev set to manually installed. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. > root:~# > > root:~# R --version > R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) > Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > ISBN 3-900051-07-0 > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/installing-spam-package-is-failing-spam-0-29-1-tp4636628p4636727.html > Sent from the R devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel