[R] Does R version 3.4.4 work on Ubuntu 18.04.1

[Ashim Kapoor]

Dear Rui,

I tried R 3.4.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.1. It runs FINE except for an inhouse
package created by us. That is why I asked.

Best,
Ashim

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:12 PM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> R 3.4.0 was released 2017-04-21 09:14 and R 3.4.4 2018-03-15 09:04. This
> is before the release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS so that version of Ubuntu was
> not supported by any sub-version of R 3.4.
>
> At least this is how I understand it. If you want to give R 3.4/Ubuntu
> 18.04 a try, you can download older versions of R from CRAN and install
> them.
>
> Do you have any practical reason for asking this?
>
> Rui Barradas
>
> Às 08:24 de 18/09/2018, Ashim Kapoor escreveu:
> > Dear Rui,
> >
> > I am a little confused.
> >
> > See this ---> : R 3.4 packages for Ubuntu on i386 and amd64 are
> > available for all stable Desktop releases of Ubuntu prior to Bionic
> > Beaver (18.04) until their official end of life date. However, only the
> > latest Long Term Support (LTS) release is fully supported. As of June
> > 11, 2018 the supported releases are Artful Aardvark (17.10), Xenial
> > Xerus (16.04; LTS), and Trusty Tahr (14.04; LTS).
> >
> > Bionic Beaver ( Ubuntu 18.04 ) is NOT in the list of supported releases
> > for R 3.4  What does this mean ? Can you please clarify ?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Ashim
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:49 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt
> > <mailto:ruipbarradas using sapo.pt>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello,
> >
> >     I am not completely sure but I think I installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
> first
> >     and R 3.5 days later, so yes, if I'm right it is possible to run R
> 3.4
> >     on 18.04.
> >
> >     (You ask whether we can *install* R 3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.1, I'm
> >     saying it
> >     can be *run* on Ubuntu 18.04.1.)
> >
> >     Hope this helps,
> >
> >     Rui Barradas
> >
> >
> >     Às 06:51 de 18/09/2018, Ashim Kapoor escreveu:
> >      > Dear All,
> >      >
> >      > I was reading this page --->
> >      > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html
> >      >
> >      > It says: R 3.4 packages for Ubuntu on i386 and amd64 are
> >     available for all
> >      > stable Desktop releases of Ubuntu prior to Bionic Beaver (18.04)
> >     until
> >      > their official end of life date.
> >      >
> >      > The page also shows how to install R 3.5 on Ubuntu 18.04.1
> >      >
> >      > My query is : Can we install R 3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.1 ? Or can we
> only
> >      > install R 3.5 ?
> >      >
> >      > Many thanks,
> >      > Ashim
> >      >
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