[R-sig-Debian] Cannot install R on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

[Michael Rutter]

Austin,

I would suggest removing the lines you added to /etc/apt/sources.list 
and try the following:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter
# Follow the prompts to add the key
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base

That should do the trick.  The PPA used above is the one that is used to 
seed the CRAN sites, so the packages are identical.

Hope this helps,
Michael


On 06/13/2015 04:21 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote:
> A possibly silly thought -- Did you "sudo apt-get update" after doing
> the "sudo apt-add repository ..." statement? In other installs (non-R)
> I've managed to shoot myself that way.
>
> JN
>
> On 15-06-13 04:17 PM, Austin Putz wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I've spent the last 2 days trying to install base R on my Ubuntu 14.04
>> LTS
>> machine. I even just wiped my entire computer and reinstalled the
>> operating
>> system thinking that was the problem (since some people have problems
>> updating R).
>>
>> So far I've tried to follow this link exactly that has instructions:
>>
>> http://mirror.las.iastate.edu/CRAN/
>>
>> Since I just reinstalled Ubuntu I figured I would have no problems. I was
>> just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them. I was
>> getting an
>> error while doing sudo apt-get update that said:
>>
>> ....public key not available iastate... NO_PUBKEY 51716619E084DAB9
>>
>> So I followed that link above and installed the keys (as far as I know).
>>
>> The current error while trying sudo apt-get install r-base (not installed
>> previously, fresh OS) is:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Sat Jun 13 : ~ $ sudo apt-get install r-base
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
>> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
>> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
>> or been moved out of Incoming.
>> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>>
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>   r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not
>> going to
>> be installed
>>            Depends: r-recommended (= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not
>> going to
>> be installed
>>            Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed
>> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> I've tried countless other things and I'm just frustrated now from 2 days
>> of trying something that should be fairly straightforward (so I
>> thought...). I have tried installing the "Depends" packages, but no
>> dice. I
>> tried going to Ubuntu Software Center thinking it may do something
>> differnet but no help either. Can't install dependencies. I don't even
>> know
>> what else I've tried. I'm out of ideas.
>>
>> Any help or solution would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help,
>>
>> Austin
>>
>>
>
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Dr. Michael A. Rutter
Associate Professor of Statistics
Academic and Program Coordinator, Mathematics
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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