[R] Instructions for upgrading R on ubuntu

[Berend Hasselman]

On 15-09-2013, at 19:11, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:

> "Apparently"? How is this apparent? I don't see this mentioned at CRAN [1]. Why would you reference some perhaps well-intentioned but possibly untrustworthy person's website when you could be downloading from a vetted distribution source?
> 

Well, M.A. Rutter builds the Ubuntu R packages. 
See http://www.personal.psu.edu/mar36/blogs/the_ubuntu_r_blog/installing-r.html

R 3.0.1 has been available for Ubuntu for quite some time.

I've had no problem in installing this R in a virtual Kubuntu Precise (and Ubuntu Lucid).
When following the instructions on CRAN.

Berend

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> Andrew Crane-Droesch <andrewcd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to upgrade to R 3.0.1, and I am working on ubuntu. 
>> Apparently, the new version is available in the following ppa: 
>> https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/c2d4u.  I have added this ppa 
>> to my software sources.
>> 
>> I then run the typical sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get
>> dist-upgrade, 
>> and R fails to upgrade from 2.15.2 to 3.0.1.  I then manually try to 
>> sudo apt-get install r-base-dev, which does not recognize that a new 
>> version is available from the newly-installed ppa.
>> 
>> I have tried using the GUI Software Center as well -- it lists R as 
>> installed, and makes no mention of the new version.
>> 
>> Could someone be so kind as to post step-by-step instructions for 
>> actually installing R 3.0.1?  Given issues with graphics in R2.15.2
>> with 
>> Ubuntu 13.04, I am sure that this will be useful to people besides me.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>> 
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