[R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch?

[Sweeney, Jeff]

Thank you. That is very kind. I have built a version that serves my purposes so it may not be worth pursuing this further. I try the 2.8.1 package and get this r-recommended dependency problem:

JSS> apt-get install r-base=2.8.1-1~etchcran.0
...
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  r-base: Depends: r-recommended (= 2.8.1-1~etchcran.0) but 2.9.0-4 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Ranke [mailto:jranke at uni-bremen.de] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:53 PM
To: Sweeney, Jeff
Cc: Dirk Eddelbuettel; r-sig-debian at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch?

Hi Jeff,

I have built R 2.8 on Debian etch in the past, and the debs are in my
non-public subversion repository. I just extracted an appropriate
version of the etch-cran archive and placed it here temporarily:

  deb http://chem.uft.uni-bremen.de/r-cran_2.8.1 etch-cran/

Hope it helps,

Johannes

* Sweeney, Jeff <jsweeney at spss.com> [090603 19:20]:
> An update. Statistics 18 works with R 2.8 and *probably* works with 2.9. We just haven't allocated QA resources to test with 2.9.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-sig-debian-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-debian-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Sweeney, Jeff
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:46 AM
> To: Dirk Eddelbuettel
> Cc: r-sig-debian at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch?
> 
> Well, it *was* SPSS, the same as the Company name. We rebranded the application to 'Statistics' for various reasons. Statistics 18 requires R 2.8. I would like to say it requires R 2.8 or later but I don't think I will have much luck lobbying for that.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:edd at debian.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:38 AM
> To: Sweeney, Jeff
> Cc: r-sig-debian at r-project.org
> Subject: RE: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch?
> 
> 
> On 3 June 2009 at 11:09, Sweeney, Jeff wrote:
> | I understand. I need 2.8 for compatibility with another application 
> 
> Starting with S and ending in PSS, maybe?  ;-)
> 
> | so I'll build it.
> 
> I'd still go for apt-get source r-base, copy the debian/ directory you get
> that way to your 2.8.0 source (or 2.8.1, rather -- why not use known bug
> fixes...) and then run 'dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -tc -rfakeroot' over it [
> these options mean no gpg signing of anything, clean and use fakeroot for
> faked su permissions while building ]  One day I write a proper document on
> that process...
> 
> Dirk
> 
> | Thanks,
> | 
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:edd at debian.org] 
> | Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:02 AM
> | To: Sweeney, Jeff
> | Cc: r-sig-debian at r-project.org
> | Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] install R 2.8 on Debian etch?
> | 
> | 
> | On 3 June 2009 at 10:28, Sweeney, Jeff wrote:
> | | How do I install R 2.8 on Debian etch? Are there mirrors for older versions of R? Where are they?
> | 
> | The porting volunteers generally support the newest versions (e.g. right now
> | 2.9.0) on the most recent releases, e.g. stable (codename 'lenny') and
> | testing (codename 'squeeze').
> | 
> | But if you want a neither-current-nor-from-distro version on an older
> | release, you are outside the supported matrix of disto and R version and
> | hence on your own.  
> | 
> | Now, it is not hard to locally build a package based on the packaging sources
> | (esp if you know a little about Unix and/or Debian). If you want to try that,
> | we could probably walk you trough that.
> | 
> | Otherwise, you can also try the lenny version of R 2.9.0 plus whichever
> | library updates your etch system needs.
> | 
> | Hth, Dirk
> | 
> | -- 
> | Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.
> 
> -- 
> Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.
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Dr. Johannes Ranke                 jranke at uni-bremen.de