[R-sig-Debian] Partial update of r packages possible?

[Matthieu Stigler]

Michael Rutter a écrit :
> Mat,
>
> RKward has a problem with R 2.8.0.  I believe the problem has been 
> fixed, but it hasn't been added to the code base.   Therefore the 
> packages haven't been updated yet.  (I would contact the dev team and 
> give them a little nudge if you really like RKward)
I love it! Unfortunately the project has a slow down and is not very 
active anymore...
>
> The documentation packages can be updated without any issues, although 
> they may reference commands and features not in your current version 
> of R.  kernsmooth and mgcv do not require R 2.8.0, so they should be 
> able to be upgraded, although if you can keep those back, it might be 
> a good idea.  If you are using Synaptic, you can go to Package->Force 
> Version, just make sure you make a note to unforce them once you 
> upgrade to 2.8.0
>
Oh nice I discovered it! Nevertheless do you think it would be a good 
idea to make the doc package for 2.8 dependant on R 2.8? May not other 
user be in a trouble with a partial update?
> Hope this helps,
Definitely, thank you!
> Michael
>
> Matthieu Stigler wrote:
>> Michael
>>
>> Thank you for showing me this point! I was not aware of it and this 
>> will surely facilitate further update.
>> Nevertheless, my wish I actually to to update (the GUI I use, Rkward, 
>> breaks with R 2.8), so my actual question was why the packages 
>> r-doc-info and others (listed above) are suggested even if R 2.8 
>> can't be installed, and wheter making this partial update (packages 
>> but not R) will not cause problems (packages build on nuwer version, 
>> docs for 2.8 runing on 2.7...)
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> mat
>>
>> Michael Rutter a écrit :
>>> Matthieu,
>>>
>>> Have you enabled backports in Ubuntu 8.04?  As per the ubuntu page 
>>> on CRAN:
>>>
>>> Installation and compilation of R or some its packages may require 
>>> Ubuntu packages from the "backports" repositories. In particular, 
>>> this is the case for Tcl/Tk 8.5 on Gutsy and Hardy. Therefore, it is 
>>> suggested to activate the backports repositories with an entry like
>>>
>>>    deb http://<my.favorite.ubuntu.mirror>/ hardy-backports main 
>>> restricted universe
>>>
>>> in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. See 
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors for the list of 
>>> Ubuntu mirrors.
>>>
>>> This should solve the problem,
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Matthieu Stigler wrote:
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I'm on Ubuntu 8.04 but I added in my source list some local mirror 
>>>> so I have possibility to upgrade to R 2.8. However, it seems that 
>>>> there is a dependency problem, (should install some liblapack 
>>>> libraries). This is not the problem, I can keep R 2.7.
>>>>
>>>> However, even if I'm not able to install R 2.8, the other packages:
>>>> -r-base-html
>>>> -r-base-doc
>>>> -r-doc-info
>>>> -r-doc-html
>>>> -r-doc-pdf
>>>> -some packages: kernsmooth, mgcv,
>>>>
>>>> are still suggested to be installed. Will that not create some 
>>>> conflict with package builded on R 2.8? Won't I have documentation 
>>>> for R 2.8 running on R 2.7?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Matthieu
>>>>
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