Dear R users, It's possible to install newer versions of R from the Ubuntu depositories, but the new version of R can only be found in 'breezy', the 'unstable' version of Ubuntu. You can however create a mixed system with most of your packages from the old 'hoary' and only some (like R) from the unstable 'breezy' by using the pinning mechanism in apt-get. Check out the instructions on pinning in the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PinningHowto?highlight=%28apt-get+-t%29
In short it works like this: 1. Put in links to other depositories in /etc/apt/sources.list 2. Set the pinning priorities in /etc/apt/preferences 3. Install newer R-base with "apt-get -t breezy install r-base" Cheers, Hans Gardfjell Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University, Sweden >Hello all, > >I am planning to redeploy my workstation under KUBUNTU. > >Does any body has any r experience installing/using r on this platform? > >Best regards. > > >-- >Constant Depièreux >Managing Director >Applied QUality Technologies Europe sprl >Rue des Déportés 123, B-4800 Verviers >(Tel) +32 87 292175 - (Fax) +32 87 292171 - (Mobile) +32 475 555 818 >(Web) http://www.aqte.be - (Courriel) constant.depiereux at aqte.be <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >(Skype) cdepiereux ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
