[R-sig-Debian] Ubuntu und R

[Mauricio Zambrano]

Dear Gunnar,

I think that the Readme at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu is clear enough (after some
familiarization with Ubuntu), but you could try the following:

1) Finding your Ubuntu release:

$ cat /etc/lsb-release # OR
$ lsb_release -a


2) Installing R:

2.1) Optional (if you want the latest release of R)
Add the line:

   deb http://mirrors.softliste.de/cran/bin/linux/ubuntu jaunty/

changing "jaunty" by the name of your Ubuntu release

to your repository, with

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

2.2) R Installation

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential	#just in case...
$ sudo apt-get install r-base r-recommended
$ sudo apt-get install r-base-dev 	     	#to compile packages in the future

3) Installing Java JDK
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-6-jre

3) Setting up java:
$ sudo R CMD javareconf

I hope this works for you

Kinds,

-- 
Mauricio

Linux user  #454569 -- Ubuntu user #17469