On 15-09-2013, at 19:11, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> "Apparently"? How is this apparent? I don't see this mentioned at CRAN [1]. > Why would you reference some perhaps well-intentioned but possibly > untrustworthy person's website when you could be downloading from a vetted > distribution source? > Well, M.A. Rutter builds the Ubuntu R packages. See http://www.personal.psu.edu/mar36/blogs/the_ubuntu_r_blog/installing-r.html R 3.0.1 has been available for Ubuntu for quite some time. I've had no problem in installing this R in a virtual Kubuntu Precise (and Ubuntu Lucid). When following the instructions on CRAN. Berend > [1] http://cran.us.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > Andrew Crane-Droesch <andre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am trying to upgrade to R 3.0.1, and I am working on ubuntu. >> Apparently, the new version is available in the following ppa: >> https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/c2d4u. I have added this ppa >> to my software sources. >> >> I then run the typical sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get >> dist-upgrade, >> and R fails to upgrade from 2.15.2 to 3.0.1. I then manually try to >> sudo apt-get install r-base-dev, which does not recognize that a new >> version is available from the newly-installed ppa. >> >> I have tried using the GUI Software Center as well -- it lists R as >> installed, and makes no mention of the new version. >> >> Could someone be so kind as to post step-by-step instructions for >> actually installing R 3.0.1? Given issues with graphics in R2.15.2 >> with >> Ubuntu 13.04, I am sure that this will be useful to people besides me. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ______________________________________________ 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.