[R-sig-Debian] r-base installation fails on Ubuntu 14.04

[Barnet Wagman]

On 03/23/2016 10:23 AM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> On 23 March 2016 at 09:35, Barnet Wagman wrote:
> | I am unable to install R on an up to date (i.e. apt upgraded) Ubuntu
> | 14.04 system.  According to
> | https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README (and many other sources),
> | R is available for this version of Ubuntu (which is a stable version).
> |
> | I currently have
> |
> |     deb https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/
> |
> | in sources.list.  I've tried this with and without
> |
> |     deb https://  mirrors.rit.edu/ubuntu trusty-backports main
> |     restricted universe
>
> Is the space an error for the email, or do you really have it there?
Error in the email: sorry about that.

I've never used docker and installing it appears to require changing 
kernels which I'd rather not do.

Is there any other way to get useful information?
FYI I've tried installing r-base-core and got the same errors listed in 
my first email.

thanks