[R-sig-Debian] SOLVED- Re: help installing R on Linux Mint 21.2

[Luben Dimov]

I couldn't install RStudio from the terminal in Linux Mint, like I
hoped, but managed to install it the "MS Windows way", by downloading
the .deb file from RStudio's website and then double-clicking the
downloaded file... (and importing their key). Would love to be able to
do it all from the terminal some day, but at least got it going for
now.

Thanks and sorry for the bother.
Luben


On Mon, 2024-01-01 at 19:39 -0500, Luben Dimov wrote:
> (re-sending because somehow the 2nd half didn't get included, sorry)
> 
> Could you direct me to a newbie-friendly instructions for installing
> the latest versions of R and RStudio on Linux Mint 21.2? I followed
> instructions I could find, but no luck with managing to get RStudio
> (tho I did install R).
> 
> System:
>   Kernel: 6.2.0-39-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop:
> MATE
> 1.26.0
>     Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
> 
> I was able to install what I assume is the latest R:
> 
> R version 4.3.2 (2023-10-31) -- "Eye Holes" 
> 
> through the terminal following instructions for Ubuntu (on which
> Linux
> Mint is based) from https://linuxtldr.com/installing-r-and-
> rstudio/ and https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-r-lang-on-
> linux-mint/
> but I can't get RStudio to install. The error I get is:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i rstudio-*.deb          
> Selecting previously unselected package rstudio.
> (Reading database ... 621683 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to unpack rstudio-1.4.1717-amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking rstudio (1.4.1717) ...
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rstudio:
>  rstudio depends on libssl1.0.0 | libssl1.0.2 | libssl1.1; however:
>   Package libssl1.0.0 is not installed.
>   Package libssl1.0.2 is not installed.
>   Package libssl1.1 is not installed.
>  rstudio depends on libclang-dev; however:
>   Package libclang-dev is not installed.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package rstudio (--install):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26+mint3+victoria) ...
> Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
> Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
> Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.1-2) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  rstudio
> 
> Trying to get that libclang-dev:
> sudo apt install libclang-dev
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libclang-dev : Depends: libclang-14-dev (>= 14~) but it is not going
> to be installed
>  rstudio : Depends: libssl1.0.0 but it is not installable or
>                     libssl1.0.2 but it is not installable or
>                     libssl1.1 but it is not installable
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no
> packages
> (or specify a solution).
> 
> Below is the outputs when I run a few things that I thought might
> help...
> 
> 
> sudo apt install libssl-dev
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> libssl-dev is already the newest version (3.0.2-0ubuntu1.12).
> You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  rstudio : Depends: libssl1.0.0 but it is not installable or
>                     libssl1.0.2 but it is not installable or
>                     libssl1.1 but it is not installable
>            Depends: libclang-dev but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no
> packages
> (or specify a solution).
> 
> 
> sudo apt install libclang-dev
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  libclang-dev : Depends: libclang-14-dev (>= 14~) but it is not going
> to be installed
>  rstudio : Depends: libssl1.0.0 but it is not installable or
>                     libssl1.0.2 but it is not installable or
>                     libssl1.1 but it is not installable
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no
> packages
> (or specify a solution).
> 
> apt --fix-broken install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   rstudio
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 831 MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
> 
> So basically running around in circles... 
> 
> Thank you for any help with this!
> Luben