You can install R 2.14 from this ppa https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/rrutter In the terminal type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter sudo apt-get update And then choose the packages you want to install. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Apt-get-tp4453839p4454264.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.