Re: [vox-tech] apt-get problem

2010-01-12 Thread Eric Lin
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 01:14:51PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote: > The machine came with Ubuntu 8.04 installed, and I haven't upgraded. I > recently installed the new version of R, 2.10.0 using apt-get, and the > installation went fine except for a message which went something like, > "Inconsistency

Re: [vox-tech] apt-get problem

2010-01-12 Thread Brian Lavender
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 01:14:51PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote: > I have a Dell netbook, fortunately bought when Windows was available > only as an extra-price option, and fortunately bought when Dell offered > netbooks without hard drives. (HDs add a bit of weight and drain more > than a bit of bat

Re: [vox-tech] apt-get problem

2010-01-12 Thread Chris Jenks
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Norm Matloff wrote: > I have a Dell netbook, fortunately bought when Windows was available > only as an extra-price option, and fortunately bought when Dell offered > netbooks without hard drives. (HDs add a bit of weight and drain more > than a bit of battery power, and are

Re: [vox-tech] apt-get problem

2010-01-12 Thread Alex Mandel
Norm Matloff wrote: > I have a Dell netbook, fortunately bought when Windows was available > only as an extra-price option, and fortunately bought when Dell offered > netbooks without hard drives. (HDs add a bit of weight and drain more > than a bit of battery power, and aren't needed for netbooks

[vox-tech] apt-get problem

2010-01-12 Thread Norm Matloff
I have a Dell netbook, fortunately bought when Windows was available only as an extra-price option, and fortunately bought when Dell offered netbooks without hard drives. (HDs add a bit of weight and drain more than a bit of battery power, and aren't needed for netbooks, in my view.) The machine