Well, it looks like part of the problem is that there's an r-base on us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com which apt-get I suppose must be thinking is the latest.
# apt-cache showpkg r-base Package: r-base Versions: 2.13.1-1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_universe_binary-amd64_Packages) (/va\ \ r/lib/dpkg/status) Description Language: en File: /var/lib/apt/lists/us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_universe_i18n_Translati\ \ on-en MD5: e8de27c34fdd57ca1c4480d402910df7 Description Language: File: /var/lib/apt/lists/us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_universe_binary-amd64_P\ \ ackages MD5: e8de27c34fdd57ca1c4480d402910df7 Reverse Depends: r-base-core:i386,r-base 1.4.1-1 texmacs,r-base science-numericalcomputation,r-base science-meteorology,r-base r-doc-info,r-base 1.4.1-1 r-doc-html,r-base 1.4.1-1 r-base-html,r-base 1.4.1-1 r-base-core,r-base 1.4.1-1 med-physics,r-base ess,r-base Dependencies: 2.13.1-1 - r-base-core (2 2.13.1-1) r-recommended (5 2.13.1-1) ess (0 (null)) r-doc-info (16 (null)) r-doc-pdf (0 (null\ \ )) r-base-html (0 (null)) r-doc-html (0 (null)) r-base:i386 (0 (null)) Provides: 2.13.1-1 - Reverse Provides: -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/installing-spam-package-is-failing-spam-0-29-1-tp4636628p4636972.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