[R-sig-Debian] Problem Installing R 4.3.3 on Vanilla based Jammy Ubuntu

[Michael Rutter]

On 3/27/24 13:33, marcoblanchette using icloud.com wrote:
> Hi r-sig-debian list, first time posting here!
> 
> Something changed with the latest release of the R package for Ubuntu 22.04. When trying to install within a Docker image with base Ubuntu LTS 22.04 (Jammy) using the following Docker file (that I have been using for several years in many projects)  that follows the install step on the CRAN Ubuntu page
> 

Marco,

Clipping a bunch of the output for clarity.  Found the issue, but I am 
not a Docker expert or regular user, so I am not going to offer a solution.

I found the issue while using a Jaunty image on a M1 Mac.  The problem 
is that on the Mac, it is looking for ARM packages.  CRAN only has amd64 
and i386, which is why r-base (which has architecture: All) is correct, 
but r-base-core only has the original Jaunty ARM build.  Also explains 
why my PPA works, as that has ARM builds.

So this appears to be a hardware issue.  Hope this helps.
Michael

> $ apt policy r-base
> r-base:
>    Installed: (none)
>    Candidate: 4.3.3-1.2204.0
>    Version table:
>       4.3.3-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.3.2-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.3.1-4.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.3.1-3.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.3.1-2.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.3.1-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.3.0-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.3-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.2.20221110-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.2-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.1-3.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.1-2.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.1-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.2.0-1.2204.0 500
>          500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
>       4.1.2-1ubuntu2 500
>          500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jammy/universe arm64 Packages
> 
> 
> Finally, if I change the repos to M. Rutter ppa, it fixes the problem. Here�s a working version of the Dockerfile with the changes
> 
> FROM ubuntu:22.04
> 
> USER root
> 
> ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
> 
> ## INSTALL R
> RUN apt update \
>    && apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
>    software-properties-common \
>    dirmngr \
>    gnupg2 \
>    wget \
>    && wget -q -O - https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/marutter_pubkey.asc \
>    | tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cran_ubuntu_key.asc  \
>    && add-apt-repository -y "ppa:marutter/rrutter4.0"
> 
> RUN apt update -y \
>    && apt install -y r-base
> 
> If this is the new way of pulling r-base with apt install, the CRAN documentation should be updated but I have a feeling that something basic is broken somewhere that could be easily fixed. I don�t maintain Ubuntu package so this is the extent of my knowledge but I have many deployed pipelines referencing cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu<https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu> that will probably need updated�
> 
> Looking forward to solutions.
> 
> Marco
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