[R-sig-Debian] Problem installing "sp" package

[Alex Mandel]

On 09/05/2013 05:30 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> On 5 September 2013 at 11:45, Terje Jørgensen wrote:
> | I get an error message (see below) when trying to install the sp package 
> | in R version 2.15.2 running under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
> 
> It installs without a hitch on my Ubuntu 13.04 system -- eg I just upgraded
> to sp 1.0-13.
> 
> Dirk
> 

See this thread from 2 days before that has the answer/explanation
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-geo/2013-September/019270.html

Thanks,
Alex