Re: [R] Upgrading Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04: Problem with r-base-dev?

2012-08-20 Thread Jeff Newmiller
Like most Ubuntu/R users, you probably have a CRAN mirror in your sources.list. Ubuntu comments out all third-party sources during an upgrade to avoid debugging nightmares where the third-party software interferes with Ubuntu standard package upgrade scripts. This net result is that R generally

[R] Upgrading Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04: Problem with r-base-dev?

2012-08-20 Thread NoSkill ButStyle
Hallo, I was about to upgrade Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 when I saw that this would mean that the package 'r-base-dev' would be removed. What exactly does this imply? Will R be still working correctly after the upgrade? Will the pacakge automatically be reinstalled (it didnt appear in any other list