[R-sig-Debian] Query about building R-2.3.1 for Ubuntu
Dirk Eddelbuettel
edd at debian.org
Thu Jun 8 12:27:14 CEST 2006
On 8 June 2006 at 01:04, arin basu wrote:
| Is a distribution of R version 2.3.1 (the current version) available for
| the Ubuntu Linux?
Maybe a question for the Ubuntu lists ??
| If I want to build a .deb package for R-2.3.1 for Ubuntu,
| are there specific requirements that I should be aware of? Is a tutorial
Specific to R ? Why ?
| available? I searched the web, and the repositories, but oculd not locate an
| appropriate file.
My workstation at work is a relatively recent Ubuntu install. What I do there
is simply:
a) add Debian unstable sources [ but not binaries ] to /etc/apt/sources.list
b) run 'apt-get source foo' any $foo I want
c) edit foo-*/debian/changelog to note that it is a local build
d) dpkg-builpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc -tc
e) install the locally-built package
Works well enough. Does anybody have anything slicker?
Dirk
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