[R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

[Jeff Newmiller]

No, the default Ubuntu version is behind but that link tells how to properly install the current version using the packaging system, which makes it more easily maintained than a custom compile would be.  (Thanks, Dirk, Michael and Vincent!) Anyway, still OT here.
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On September 13, 2016 10:57:52 PM PDT, Loris Bennett <loris.bennett at fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil at dcn.davis.ca.us> writes:
>
>> For this query I would rather recommend [1] as reference, though
>> Marc's suggestion to switch mailing lists is best.
>>
>> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
>
>But doesn't this merely describe how to install the version of R
>packaged for his version of Ubuntu?  As I understood the OP, he has
>already installed this version, which is 3.2.3, but would like to
>install 3.3.1, which he will have to install from the sources.
>
>If this is the case, then there is no point reposting to r-sig-debian,
>since he just has to do a generic unix-like install.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Loris
>
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