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

[Vincent Goulet]

Le 2011-01-23 à 10:34, Ajay Ohri a écrit :

> Hey Mat
> 
> sudo R works!
> 
> Also I modified the etc/sources.list to include a CRAN destination instead
> of the debian instances.
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> thanks :))
> 
> only thing- i had to practically re install all packages from scratch.
> 
> is there any way to avoid re-installing all packages if you are upgrading to
> a new R version in Ubuntu Linux

Ajay,

In a word: install your "individual" packages in your home directory in a non version specific directory. See the ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF R PACKAGES section of the CRAN Ubuntu Readme file:

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

Vincent


> 
> Best
> 
> Ajay
> Websites-
> http://decisionstats.com
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> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:47 PM, mat <matthieu.stigler at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>>> 
>>> Websites-
>>> http://decisionstats.com
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