[R-sig-Debian] Debian ?Ubuntu version of latest R using synaptic in Ubuntu 10.10

[mat]

Ajay

Please avoid cross-posting on two lists. Continue this thread only on 
thes-ig-debian list.

You can't update packages from within R? Did you try to start R with 
sudo permissions?:
sudo R

Hope this helps

Mat

Le 22. 01. 11 07:50, Ajay Ohri a écrit :
> Dear List
>
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
>
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
>
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
>
> Please help
>
> Regards
>
> Ajay
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