[R] installing RGtk2

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 08:02:09PM -0400, steve wrote:
> A bit more information
> 
> Ubuntu: dapper drake with all updates
> R: 2.5.0
> RGtk2: 2_2.11.0-1
> cairoDevice 2.3.0
> 
> sudo apt-get install r-cran-rgtk2
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package r-cran-rgtk2

Hm, maybe only Ubuntun 6.10 (edgy) and 7.04 ("feisty") have it.  

In any event, you are two Ubuntu releases behind.  That has its own
problems, so you may simply have to work out how you get current Gtk2
libraries (needed by RGtk2) onto the old system -- or you could
upgrade.

Hth, Dirk

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