Hello,

I have recently installed Ubuntu (8.10) Intrepid Ibex and I am trying to get
R version 2.8. I have changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file to include a
mirror. I have also added the Vincent Goulet key. However, whenever I run

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install r-base

it installs version 2.71. Given that I am new to Ubuntu, is there
anything that I need to do to make ubuntu get the file from my
selected repository? It appears that when I install r-base Ubuntu
is taking it from another repository. I should also note that within
the Synaptic Package Manager the 2.71 version of R is the r-base that
appears, despite my repository appearing correct in the drop down box
from
 settings (under the 3rd party software tab). I am relatively new to
Ubuntu, so help that explicitly details instructions would be greatly
appreciated.
Below is a portion of my output from both of the above commands. The
mirror I am trying to download from is
http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CRAN/,
as can be seen in the first part of the output.



sammcq@sammcq-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://mirrors.ibiblio.org intrepid/ Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.ibiblio.org intrepid/ Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid Release
Hit http://mirrors.ibiblio.org intrepid/ Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://mirrors.ibiblio.org intrepid/ Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://mirrors.ibiblio.org intrepid/ Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/multiverse Sources
Reading package lists... Done

sammcq@sammcq-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install r-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  r-base-core r-base-dev r-base-html r-base-latex r-cran-boot r-cran-cluster
  r-cran-codetools r-cran-foreign r-cran-kernsmooth r-cran-lattice r-cran-mgcv
  r-cran-nlme r-cran-rpart r-cran-survival r-cran-vr r-recommended
Suggested packages:
  ess r-doc-info r-doc-pdf r-doc-html r-mathlib cdbs debhelper
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  r-base r-base-core r-base-dev r-base-html r-base-latex r-cran-boot
  r-cran-cluster r-cran-codetools r-cran-foreign r-cran-kernsmooth
  r-cran-lattice r-cran-mgcv r-cran-nlme r-cran-rpart r-cran-survival
  r-cran-vr r-recommended
0 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/18.0MB of archives.
After this operation, 69.8MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Selecting previously deselected package r-base-core.
(Reading database ... 110400 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking r-base-core (from .../r-base-core_2.7.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package r-cran-boot.

etc.c etc.


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