[R] R for Debian 2.2

[Marcus Eger]

Griffith Feeney wrote:
> 
> I've recently installed Debian/GNU Linux 2.2. The R package on the debian
> website and Official CD is 0.90.x, so I checked cran for a more recent deb
> package, with the following result.
> 
> homebrew:~# apt-get install r-base
> <...>
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   r-base: Depends: atlas2 but it is not installable
>           Depends: tk8.0 (>= 8.0.5) but it is not installable
> E: Sorry, broken packages
> 
> Can someone tell me if this is a problem with the deb package on cran or
> some problem of mine? I've frequently used apt-get in the past (though not
> for R) and had no problems.

I had the same or similar problem. I don't really remember what I did,
but
it's rather a debian problem. I think I did
apt-get install atlas2
and so on (I installed anew whatever made problems) and then it worked.

  Marcus

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