[R-sig-Debian] Upgrading R packages on Etch

[Michael Dewey]

At 08:39 10/11/2009, Ted Harding wrote:

>Greetings,
>I've been trying to upgrade R packages on my Debian Etch
>(whose other upgrades I have been cheerfully going along
>with as they occur).

I am not sure this is going to be helpful but I only ever upgrade R 
itself on my etch system on my netbook and have not had any problems 
so far. I upgraded to R 2.10.0 earlier today and have a working 
system. I do not do the complete upgrade because it asks for more 
disc space than I have on the netbook.


>When I did, just now:
>
>   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
>I got:
>
>   Reading package lists... Done
>   Building dependency tree... Done
>   Calculating upgrade... Done
>   The following packages have been kept back:
>     r-base-core r-cran-boot r-cran-cluster r-cran-codetools
>     r-cran-kernsmooth r-cran-lattice r-cran-matrix r-cran-mgcv
>     r-cran-nlme r-cran-rpart r-cran-survival r-cran-vr
>     r-recommended
>   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
>
>And the same failure to install these R packages occurs when I
>try it from the update-manager or from synaptic.
>
>In short, it's not going to upgrade any of those!
>
>I can't find any indication of a reason why it won't upgrade
>these, beyond the following message from update-manager:
>
>   Some updates require the removal of further software.
>   Use the function "Mark All Upgrades" of the package manager
>   "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" in a terminal
>   to update your system completely.
>
>   The following upgrades will be skipped:
>   [Same list as above]
>
>The "Mark All Upgrades" suggestion for synaptic didn't seem
>to do anything.
>
>So I'm stuck. Any advice/information/suggestions?
>
>PS: I am *very reluctant* to attempt replacing my Debian Etch
>with Debian Lenny (the latest). This system works as it is!
>Also, I am not an in-depth expert on how Debian's package
>management works.
>
>With thanks,
>Ted.
>
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>Date: 10-Nov-09                                       Time: 08:39:56
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Michael Dewey
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