[R-sig-Debian] Can't install R 2.15 and r-recommended on Ubuntu

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 7 November 2013 at 14:40, Kirill Müller wrote:
| When attempting to install R in version 2.15 (for testing purposes) on a 
| clean Ubuntu 12.04 machine from the CRAN Ubuntu repository, I can't seem 
| to install r-recommended:
| 
| + sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends 
| r-base-dev=2.15.3-1precise0precise1 r-base-core=2.15.3-1precise0precise1 
| r-recommended=2.15.3-1precise0precise1 qpdf

What happens when you do no hard-code version numbers?

What does, say, 'apt-cache policy r-recommended' say?  

Dirk

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