[R-sig-Debian] lost ability to apt-get install r-base=3.4.2-1trusty1

[Thierry Onkelinx]

Dear Krzysztof,

I would suggest to have a look at Docker images.
https://hub.docker.com/r/rocker/r-ver/ provides images for different
versions of R. You could even create your own image with all the
packages and other dependencies that you need. See e.g. our image at
https://hub.docker.com/r/inbobmk/rstable/

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
Statisticus / Statistician

Vlaamse Overheid / Government of Flanders
INSTITUUT VOOR NATUUR- EN BOSONDERZOEK / RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE
AND FOREST
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thierry.onkelinx at inbo.be
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2018-01-16 19:32 GMT+01:00 Krzysztof Polanski <kp9 at sanger.ac.uk>:
> Hello,
>
> I need a specific version of R installed for consistency reasons. I do the standard setup steps:
>
> echo "deb https://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
> sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
> sudo apt-get update
>
> And then a simple install call, which used to work just fine some time ago, tosses an error:
>
> ubuntu at test:~$ sudo apt-get -y install r-base=3.4.2-1trusty1
> 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-recommended (= 3.4.2-1trusty1) but 3.4.3-1trusty0 is to be installed
>           Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed
>           Recommends: r-doc-html but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> The problem is highlighted in this error - r-recommended seems to auto-default to 3.4.3. When installing r-base-core=3.4.2-1trusty1 by itself, it installs fine. When installing r-recommended=3.4.2-1trusty1 by itself, it sneakily installs 3.4.3 without saying anything. When trying to install r-base=3.4.2-1trusty1, it catches this cognitive dissonance and falls on its face. Some help please?
>
> Sincerely,
> Krzysztof
>
>
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