[R-sig-Debian] Ubuntu and sources.list question about mirror sites...

[Vincent Goulet]

Le ven. 16 janv. à 20:18, Brian Lunergan a écrit :

> Evening all:
>
> Thought I'd announce myself with a question about setting up
> sources.list to be able to begin download and install of R.
>
> Running version 7.10 of Ubuntu. (Tried 8.04 but found it slow and
> finicky with my hardware. Perhaps will try 8.10 or above, but that's a
> thought for another time.)

Just be aware that we will drop support for Gutsy at the same time as  
Ubuntu, i.e. next April.

> Followed the notes on the R site and added the following lines to my
> sources.list:
>
> deb http://probability.ca/cran/bin/linux/ubuntu gutsy/
>
> deb http://releases.ubuntu.com/ hardy-backports main restricted univer

Incomplete (s/b universe, not univer) and, as Michael pointed out, you  
shouldn't mix versions. The README says

"Therefore, it is suggested to activate the backports repositories  
with an entry like..."

The "like" was meant to avoid repeating the entry for each release and  
to imply "adjust accordingly for your release".

Regards,

Vincent

>
>
> The first seems to pass muster just fine. The second line has been the
> problem. That's the fourth site I tried plugging in and I get 404ed
> every time.
>
> I do run the Firestarter firewall but that shouldn't be a problem,
> should it? If it blocked that would it not have blocked all updating?
>
> Is the line correctly formed? Is there a site that will work? Is that
> line strictly necessary, or can I drop it as unneeded with the Gibbon?
>
> Any help much appreciated...
> -- 
> Brian Lunergan
> Nepean, Ontario
> Canada
>
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