[Rd] installing spam package is failing (spam_0.29-1)

[Heather Turner]

I expect what's happened is that you have installed R at some point,
then later updated Ubuntu, which caused the R repository you had stored
to be disabled.

Try running

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

If my guess is right, you will probably have something like

# deb http://<my.favorite.cran.mirror>/bin/linux/ubuntu natty/ #disabled
on upgrade to oneiric

Note that the whole line has been commented out! To fix, simply
uncomment and replace the old ubuntu version (e.g. natty) with your new
one (e.g. oneiric). Then, assuming you already have Michael Rutter's key
on your system, just run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

and you should be able to upgrade to 2.15.1

Best wishes,

Heather


On 17/07/12 07:34, chuckles the clone wrote:
> Thank you for your snark but it was not necessary.
>
> In fact I *have* read the "documentation". That's how I got R installed
> in the first place. But I followed, again, the instructions on that page
> and, again, I am still at version 2.13.1. (SEE BELOW)
>
> Is there some other means of causing R to update to the latest version?
> There is nothing at all in the "documentation" that suggests I should be
> having this issue or what to do about it.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> # apt-get install r-base
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> r-base is already the newest version.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
>
> # apt-get install r-base-dev
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> r-base-dev is already the newest version.
> r-base-dev set to manually installed.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
> root:~#
>
> root:~# R --version
> R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
> Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> ISBN 3-900051-07-0
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
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