[R-sig-Debian] Docs for CRAN: install R

[David Winsemius]

Thanks. Makes sense. 

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> On May 11, 2022, at 6:35 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11 May 2022 at 13:24, David Winsemius wrote:
> | Dear CRAN webmaster;
> 
> It's just Michael and myself looking after that page. CRAN mirrors it.
> 
> | I think the code at the bottom of the first code block on the Ubuntu page:
> | 
> | https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
> | 
> | should be changed to:
> | 
> | add-apt-repository"deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu 
> | $(lsb_release-cs)-cran42/"
> 
> That came out hard to read but is also likely wrong. The 'cran40' does not
> refer to a version but _to the API change_ just how we one with cran35.
> 
> And for what it is worth the listed repo works just fine:
> 
> edd using brad:~$ apt-cache policy r-base-core
> r-base-core:
>  Installed: 4.2.0-1.2204.0
>  Candidate: 4.2.0-1.2204.0
>  Version table:
> *** 4.2.0-1.2204.0 500
>        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>     4.1.2-1ubuntu2 500
>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
> edd using brad:~$ 
> 
> (I had two entries in there for interim/personal PPAs of mine.  What is shown
> now shows you that Ubuntu 22.04 has a) the R that was current when it was
> cut, in this case 4.1.2, in the distro itself, and b) because of volunteer
> effors also R 4.2.0 via the CRAN mirror at the listed address.
> 
> Makes sense?
> 
> Dirk
> 
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