[R] Updated R on Debian testing machine...

[Petar Milin]

Thanks! However, that is my point: it is a bit vague what line to put
in /etc/apt/source.list. And I cannot see anything in Debian section for
Sid.
Also, thanks for the advice on r-sig-debian.

Best,
PM


On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 20:42 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 18 March 2009 at 17:44, Petar Milin wrote:
> | I recently switched to Debian testing OS and explanation at the:
> | http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/
> | is a little bit fuzzy. Can anyone give step-by-step how-to have updated
> | R on Debian testing and/or unstable.
> 
> Please consider subscribing to the r-sig-debian list and asking there.
> 
> In a nutshell:
> 
> i)   add one line to /etc/apt/sources.list
> ii)  run 'sudo apt-get update'
> iii) run 'sudo apt-get install r-base'
> 
> and you have a shiny new R 2.8.1 for Debian testing. [ Which right now you
> could also take from Debian unstable but that isn't always possible. ]
> 
> The CRAN service is a good one, thanks to Vincent, Michael (for Ubuntu) and
> Johannes for Debian to keep it running smoothly.
> 
> Dirk
>