

Hi again.  Thanks for the reply.
 
What controls the version of R that I get?
 
I took a look at the link and it looks like the only thing I have control over is the version of Ubuntu placed in the /etc/apt/source.list  file.
 
So does putting quantal in the source.list file force 
 
apt-get install r-base r-dev-base  
 
to update R to the version of R related to quantal?
 
Martin.
 

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To: "r-sig-debian@r-project.org" <r-sig-debian@r-project.org> 
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:54 AM
Subject: Ubuntu 12.04 and R 2.15
  


I'm not sure this is the location to pose this question.  If not, please let me know.

Does anyone know if R 2.15 is can be built for Ubuntu 12.04? ( I did attempt a build and it failed to configure due to missing X11 headers/libs. )

I'm trying to install some R packages that are not available for R 2.14, which is the last supported version available under Ubuntu 12.04.   I can update Ubuntu to 12.10 where R 2.15 is available, but Ubuntu 12.04 has been designated to have long term support and I'd like to keep it rather than upgrade to a shorter lifespan version.

Thanks.

Martin.
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