Per the suggestion of this list when I posted on the r-help list, I have
gone to cran, linux downloads and read the read me file to try and install
the binary for R 2.15.1 on my ubuntu AMD64 machine.  I added to my
sources.list the deb http:\\cran.wustl.edu\bin\linux\ubuntu precise main  .
Then I ran sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install r-base.  The system
promptly installs R 2.14.1 .  I have tried this with 2 different cran
mirrors with the same results.  Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated. I have very little experience with ubuntu or linux although I
feel I am being forced to learn quite a bit very quickly, so specific
suggestions are more helpful than generic ones.

Michael Conklin

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