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

[Michael Rutter]

On 01/22/2011 01:50 AM, Ajay Ohri wrote:
> 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

Ajay,

Please make sure you have followed all the instructions listed here:

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/

If that does not solve the issue, please list the lines added to your
/etc/apt/sources.list file and what commands you used to upgrade R.

Michael
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