Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sure, got uploaded the day of the 1.8 release. You may want to > learn how to point apt at different archives. Debian has 1.8 in > unstable; CRAN has it in testing (thanks to Doug Bates) and > even in stable (thanks to Korbinian Strimmer)
Please, note also that if your debian box has the compilers and header files required to compile R from source, then building your own deb packages should be easy because the developers included all relevant debian files in the sources. There is little need to tweak /etc/apt/sources.list to get the latest vintage of debianized R, nor to wait if you need non-intel binaries. sudo apt-get install fakeroot # if not already installed tar xvzf R-1.8.0.tgz cd R-1.8.0 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot # now is time to have a coffee... cd .. sudo dpkg -i r-* # this will install everything -- Philippe ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help