Ah Ha! This works: JSS> apt-get install r-recommended=2.8.1-1~etchcran.0 JSS> apt-get install r-base=2.8.1-1~etchcran.0
I thought the package manager would install the correct version of r-recommended auto-magically but I guess not when versions are specified. Thanks very much! -----Original Message----- From: Sweeney, Jeff Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:36 AM To: 'Johannes Ranke' Cc: Dirk Eddelbuettel; r-sig-debian@r-project.org Subject: RE: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch? Thank you. That is very kind. I have built a version that serves my purposes so it may not be worth pursuing this further. I try the 2.8.1 package and get this r-recommended dependency problem: JSS> apt-get install r-base=2.8.1-1~etchcran.0 ... The following packages have unmet dependencies: r-base: Depends: r-recommended (= 2.8.1-1~etchcran.0) but 2.9.0-4 is to be installed E: Broken packages -----Original Message----- From: Johannes Ranke [mailto:jra...@uni-bremen.de] Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:53 PM To: Sweeney, Jeff Cc: Dirk Eddelbuettel; r-sig-debian@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch? Hi Jeff, I have built R 2.8 on Debian etch in the past, and the debs are in my non-public subversion repository. I just extracted an appropriate version of the etch-cran archive and placed it here temporarily: deb http://chem.uft.uni-bremen.de/r-cran_2.8.1 etch-cran/ Hope it helps, Johannes * Sweeney, Jeff <jswee...@spss.com> [090603 19:20]: > An update. Statistics 18 works with R 2.8 and *probably* works with 2.9. We > just haven't allocated QA resources to test with 2.9. > > -----Original Message----- > From: r-sig-debian-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-sig-debian-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Sweeney, Jeff > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:46 AM > To: Dirk Eddelbuettel > Cc: r-sig-debian@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch? > > Well, it *was* SPSS, the same as the Company name. We rebranded the > application to 'Statistics' for various reasons. Statistics 18 requires R > 2.8. I would like to say it requires R 2.8 or later but I don't think I will > have much luck lobbying for that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:e...@debian.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:38 AM > To: Sweeney, Jeff > Cc: r-sig-debian@r-project.org > Subject: RE: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch? > > > On 3 June 2009 at 11:09, Sweeney, Jeff wrote: > | I understand. I need 2.8 for compatibility with another application > > Starting with S and ending in PSS, maybe? ;-) > > | so I'll build it. > > I'd still go for apt-get source r-base, copy the debian/ directory you get > that way to your 2.8.0 source (or 2.8.1, rather -- why not use known bug > fixes...) and then run 'dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -tc -rfakeroot' over it [ > these options mean no gpg signing of anything, clean and use fakeroot for > faked su permissions while building ] One day I write a proper document on > that process... > > Dirk > > | Thanks, > | > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:e...@debian.org] > | Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:02 AM > | To: Sweeney, Jeff > | Cc: r-sig-debian@r-project.org > | Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch? > | > | > | On 3 June 2009 at 10:28, Sweeney, Jeff wrote: > | | How do I install R 2.8 on Debian etch? Are there mirrors for older > versions of R? Where are they? > | > | The porting volunteers generally support the newest versions (e.g. right now > | 2.9.0) on the most recent releases, e.g. stable (codename 'lenny') and > | testing (codename 'squeeze'). > | > | But if you want a neither-current-nor-from-distro version on an older > | release, you are outside the supported matrix of disto and R version and > | hence on your own. > | > | Now, it is not hard to locally build a package based on the packaging > sources > | (esp if you know a little about Unix and/or Debian). If you want to try > that, > | we could probably walk you trough that. > | > | Otherwise, you can also try the lenny version of R 2.9.0 plus whichever > | library updates your etch system needs. > | > | Hth, Dirk > | > | -- > | Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. > > -- > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -- Dr. Johannes Ranke jra...@uni-bremen.de _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
