[R] R-2.10.1 to R-2.13.0

[Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of ogbos okike
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:42 AM
> To: Steve Lianoglou
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] R-2.10.1 to R-2.13.0
> 
> Hi Steve,
> Many thanks.
> 
> I added :deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu lucid/ in my
> source.list and then tried sudo apt-get update. The last lines of the
> result
> says:
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: GPG error: http://cran.at.r-project.org lucid/ Release: The
> following
> signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
> available:
> NO_PUBKEY 51716619E084DAB9
> 
> I am in south africa. I looked at the cran mirrors, there is no south
> africa. I chose Australia.
> Thanks for more help.
> Regards
> Ogbos
> 
> On 26 May 2011 16:13, Steve Lianoglou
> <mailinglist.honeypot at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM, ogbos okike <ogbos.okike at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Duncan,
> > > Thanks for your time.
> > > Using ./configure as specified in the installation manual, I
> attempted to
> > > install R-2.13.0 but it reported an error message:
> > >
> > > checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... no
> > > checking X11/Intrinsic.h usability... no
> > > checking X11/Intrinsic.h presence... no
> > > checking for X11/Intrinsic.h... no
> > > configure: error: --with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are
> not
> > > available
> > >
> > > Could you please advise further. I am attempting this for the first
> time
> > on
> > > my laptop (ubuntu os).
> >
> > Can you just follow the instructions here:
> >
> > http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/
> >
> > And use the apt-get mechanism to install R instead of compiling it
> > yourself?
> >
> > I'm guessing it'd make your life a bit easier.
> >
> > -steve
> >
> > --
> > Steve Lianoglou
> > Graduate Student: Computational Systems Biology
> >  | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
> >  | Weill Medical College of Cornell University
> > Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact
> >
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Well, it looks like you didn't read far enough in the instructions that you were pointed towards.  Read the section on Secure APT.

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel J. Nordlund
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Planning, Performance, and Accountability
Research and Data Analysis Division
Olympia, WA 98504-5204