Dear Gunnar, I think that the Readme at http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu is clear enough (after some familiarization with Ubuntu), but you could try the following:
1) Finding your Ubuntu release: $ cat /etc/lsb-release # OR $ lsb_release -a 2) Installing R: 2.1) Optional (if you want the latest release of R) Add the line: deb http://mirrors.softliste.de/cran/bin/linux/ubuntu jaunty/ changing "jaunty" by the name of your Ubuntu release to your repository, with $ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list 2.2) R Installation $ sudo apt-get install build-essential #just in case... $ sudo apt-get install r-base r-recommended $ sudo apt-get install r-base-dev #to compile packages in the future 3) Installing Java JDK $ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-6-jre 3) Setting up java: $ sudo R CMD javareconf I hope this works for you Kinds, -- Mauricio Linux user #454569 -- Ubuntu user #17469 _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
