[R-sig-Geo] sp for R V2.1.0

[Stephane Dray]

Dear David,
you can simply add the line :

deb http://cran.R-project.org/bin/linux/debian stable/

to your sources.list. You can then obtain newer R versions for stable Debian.

Sincerely.


Selon "Edzer J. Pebesma" <e.pebesma at geo.uu.nl>:

> David Forrest wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Does the install.packages('sp') on my R V2.1.0 (Debian Stable) report:
> >
> >     no package 'sp' at the repositories in: download.packages(pkgs, destdir
> >     = tmpd, available = available
> >
> > ... because sp from CRAN depends on "R (>= 2.4.0), methods" ?
> >
> > The machine is a production server, and I'd like to not mix the
> > Debian releases on it if I can avoid it.  Its using some rusty old
> > scripts with library(maps) on it.
> >
> > Would you advise a separate R 2.4.0 + install for using sp on these
> > machines?
> >
> Dave,
>
> library(maps) does not require sp. If you want to use sp, it doesn't
> sound rusty to me. Alternatively, you could try to find sp sources that
> were there when R was 2.1.0 (were they of any use back then?), perhaps
> in some CRAN area that I couldn't find, or wait until Debian Etch
> becomes stable, it has R 2.4.0. The general R attitude seems to be to
> keep up with R release, don't expect backports of current packages.
>
> Hth,
> --
> Edzer
>
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Stephane DRAY