I have avoided crossing Debian versions (eg, installing woody packages over a Debian potato distribution) unless I do a full upgrade to, eg, woody. However, R was and is available for the Debian potato version, but it is version 0.90. If you would be satisfied with that version, and I got good use out of that version, and even out of the earlier version 0.61, try an ordinary Debian package insallation with "apt". apt-get update #updates available Debian packages apt-get install r-base This adds any necessary libraries, but only libraries consistent with the Debian potato version. It presumes you already have a working /etc/apt/sources.list , eg, with a line like deb http://debian.rutgers.edu potato main contrib non-free
Alternatively, you can get this potato package directly at http://debian.rutgers.edu/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/math/ looking for packages beginning with "r-". For example, you could cd /tmp wget http://debian.rutgers.edu/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/math/r-base_0.90.1-2.deb dpkg -i r-base_0.90.1-2.deb In the next version of Debian, woody, all the following package names are available, but not in potato. You should be able to install (dpkg -i package-name.deb) documentation packages like "r-doc-pdf" from later Debian versions into you potato version, but you can also get that documentation directly from R's webpages. * r-gnome Gnome gui for statistical computing system r-mathlib standalone mathematics library r-recommended collection of recommended packages r-base-dev installation of auxiliary GNU R packages r-base-html html docs for statistical computing system functions r-base-latex LaTeX docs for statistical computing system functions r-doc-html html manuals for statistical computing system r-doc-info info manuals statistical computing system r-doc-pdf pdf manuals for statistical computing system On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:47:58AM -0500, Shashank Bhide wrote: > Hi all, > I hope this is the correct list to post such a question. > I was trying to install the R-project on Debian and encountered significant > problems with the same. > The main problem is the installation of the libc6 package. I need this > package in order to install the R-core package. However, the libc6 is > dependent on the libdb1-compat package, which just refuses to install on my > server. > I tried to install it yesterday and it ended up crashing my system and > messing up the old Apache. Does anyone have a procedure to install > R-project on Debian linux? > The libdb1-compat package version is 2.1.3-7 and the libc6 is 2.3.1-17 -- Jameson C. Burt, NJ9L Fairfax, Virginia, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coost.com (202) 690-0380 (work) LTSP.org: magic "mysterious and awe-inspiring even though we know they are real and not supernatural" ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
