[R] New installation

[Jeff Newmiller]

Re this thread: Please stop with the "my favorite Linux" messages. If you have concrete direction as to why R is well supported (preferably links to detailed instructions), that could be construed as "R-help", but "I like it" is unlikely to be useful to an inexperienced user.
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On June 10, 2016 6:33:37 AM PDT, ce <zadig_1 at excite.com> wrote:
>I use opensuse linux with R , no problems, easy to install, added R
>repositories . 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "jax200" [jax200 at gmail.com]
>Date: 06/09/2016 06:00 PM
>To: r-help at r-project.org
>Subject: [R] New installation
>
>Hi
>
>I'm starting off with both R and Linux Mint.  During a recent R course,
>I
>had multiple difficulties with installing updates needed for the
>course.
>
>As such, I'd like to hit the restart button with fresh installs of
>Linux
>and R.  I would appreciate your help with which Linux platform works
>best
>with R, and how to go about getting all the updates installed for both
>programs.
>
>Many thanks,  Jack
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