[R-sig-Debian] Problems with package foreign (r-cran-foreign)

[Gregor Gorjanc]

Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 12 October 2006 at 13:02, Gregor Gorjanc wrote:
...
> I forgot to actually upload foreign, but that has been done now. Tip: install
> the devscripts package and try
> 
> $ rmadison foreign		# shows source pkg
> $ rmadison r-cran-foreign	# shows binary per arch.
> 
> Also, too many packages in testing depend on R 2.4.0 --- so you may want R
> 2.4.0 from testing.  I'm CCing r-sig-debian as a heads up.
> 

I apologize for late response. Yes,

aptitude install -t unstable r-cran-foreign

solves my problem. Thank you Dirk for this and also other Debian-R
related work. rmadison command rocks. I was always wondering how one
could easily get info that rmadison spits out so nicely and fast!

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Lep pozdrav / With regards,
    Gregor Gorjanc
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