On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 at 08:31, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for this. > > I have downloaded the r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb file and > placed in /var/cache/apt/archives > > Next I ran below code in Ubuntu > > sudo apt-get install -f /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb > > But this is failing with below message - > E: Unsupported file /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb given on > commandline > > Could you please help resolve this? > Use "dpkg". For details of Debian/Ubuntu package management, see: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html Ubuntu provides the Debian Reference Manual as a package. > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > > On 17 October 2019 at 16:34, Christofer Bogaso wrote: > > | I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose, > > | direct internet connection is blocked. > > | > > | So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that > machine? > > > > It is an old, and solved problem. It has come up on StackOverflow a few > times > > before as well. Here is a (nearly) ten-year old answer of mine: > > > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419268/how-do-i-download-a-package-from-apt-get-without-installing-it/4419282#4419282 > > > > You want one of those solutions -- and I am sure there are newer ones, so > > maybe try searching on askubuntu.com as well -- as it will pull needed > > dependencies in for you as well. > > > > | I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could > > | scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that > > | Ubuntu server. > > | > > | But when I reached to > > | https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed > > | to identify any deb file. > > | > > | Could you shed some light on this? > > > > a) Don't use a per-institution server. The edge-of-cloud CDN ones are > > generally as good or faster _irrespective of your location_ and hence > better > > for others. So https://cloud.r-project.org is better > > > > b) Copying and pasting from > http://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/ > > > > [....] > > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb 2019-07-26 13:54 > 24M > > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_i386.deb 2019-07-26 14:09 > 24M > > [....] > > > > Dirk > > > > -- > > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > -- George N. White III [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian