[R] help upgrading R in Ubuntu

[Jeff Newmiller]

You should read the error message and fix the mentioned file's ownership (see "ls -l" and "man chown")
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"David A." <dasolexa at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Hi, I am trying to upgrade my R version but am having some error trying
>to get the key for automatic upgrading from aptitude (ubuntu 11.04).
>This is what I did, following instructions from
>http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
>
>I added the repository address to my software manager.
>deb http://stats.bris.ac.uk/R/bin/linux/ubuntu natty/
>
>I am trying to get the key from keyserver.ubuntu.com through port 11371
>(I checked it's open) using both options mentioned (console and
>webpage) but I am getting the following errors:
>
>#translated from spanish
>$ sudo gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key E084DAB9
>[sudo] password for david: 
>gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership of config file
>`/home/david/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
>gpg: external program calls inactive due to unsafe file permissions.
>gpg: communication error with key server: Error general
>gpg: key server reception failed: Error general
>
>And in the webpage version I get an "Error Handling Request" message
>
>
>Can anyone help me with this issue? Is the keyserver webpage down?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave
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