Yes. I found the issue. I had to use deb instead of deb-src in /etc/apt/sources.list.
deb http://<favorite-cran-mirror>/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/ And for the rest of people trying to update, update is not possible for version previous to 2.7.1 . On 21 February 2011 13:50, Fahim M <fahim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you installing this as root? I mean 'sudo apt-get ...'? > Fahim > > > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Valentin Constantinescu < > valen...@capia.no> wrote: > >> I do: >> => apt-get clean >> => apt-get update >> => apt-cache policy r-base >> >> and still get the 2.7.1. >> >> r-base: >> Installed: (none) >> Candidate: 2.7.1-1+lenny1 >> Version table: >> 2.7.1-1+lenny1 0 >> 500 http://mirrors.nl.kernel.org lenny/main Packages >> >> >> >> >> >> On 21 February 2011 13:14, Valentin Constantinescu <valen...@capia.no >> >wrote: >> >> > Nobody? >> > Even after removing, when reinstalling is just installs again the 2.7.1. >> > Sticky #%^@! >> > This is a nightmare... >> > >> > >> > >> > On 21 February 2011 11:28, Valentin Constantinescu <valen...@capia.no >> >wrote: >> > >> >> ?? >> >> I've just done that is not working. as I just said. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 21 February 2011 11:24, BONENFANT Christophe < >> >> christophe.bonenf...@univ-lyon1.fr> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi Valentin, >> >>> >> >>> You should use CRAN repository to get the lastest R version. See this >> >>> help page from CRAN: >> >>> >> >>> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/ >> >>> >> >>> Cheers >> >>> >> >>> Christophe >> >>> >> >>> ________________________________________ >> >>> De : r-sig-debian-boun...@r-project.org [ >> >>> r-sig-debian-boun...@r-project.org] de la part de Valentin >> >>> Constantinescu [valen...@capia.no] >> >>> Date d'envoi : lundi 21 février 2011 11:15 >> >>> À : r-sig-debian@r-project.org >> >>> Objet : [R-sig-Debian] R upgrade from 2.7.1 >> >>> >> >>> My R version is 2.7.1 (on Debian) and some packages are asking for > >> >>> 2.10. >> >>> >> >>> I've done all things from >> http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/but to >> >>> no success. >> >>> Apt-get upgrade is doing nothing. >> >>> >> >>> server:/etc/R# apt-cache policy r-base-core >> >>> r-base-core: >> >>> Installed: 2.7.1-1+lenny1 >> >>> Candidate: 2.7.1-1+lenny1 >> >>> Version table: >> >>> *** 2.7.1-1+lenny1 0 >> >>> 500 http://mirrors.nl.kernel.org lenny/main Packages >> >>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> >>> >> >>> I gusss my problem is similar with the one in this thread, but I dont >> >>> understand what was the resolution here: >> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-debian/2010-May/001199.html. >> >>> Only a full remove and reinstall will fix the issue? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks >> >>> -- >> >>> Valentin Constantinescu >> >>> (+47) 90 594 749 >> >>> >> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> >>> R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org >> >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Valentin Constantinescu >> >> (+47) 90 594 749 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Valentin Constantinescu >> > (+47) 90 594 749 >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Valentin Constantinescu >> (+47) 90 594 749 >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> >> > > > -- > Fahim Mohammad > Bioinforformatics Lab > University of Louisville > Louisville, KY, USA > Ph: +1-502-409-1167 > -- Valentin Constantinescu (+47) 90 594 749 [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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