Hi, Thanks for the suggestion and I wish the solution was that obvious, but I have changed it to really point at my favourite mirror.
Using your example Synaptic reports the following error when I try to update the repositories: http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/bin/linux/ubuntu/dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: 404 Not Found This is understandable since that location doesn't exist, but it makes me think that the directory structure of the R mirrors is not compatible with Ubuntu and Synaptic, since it automatically seeks /dists/feisty/ rather than just /feisty/ as it is on the CRAN mirrors. Thanks again Mike Smith Stefan Grosse-2 wrote: > > >> to end of the entry making it: >> >> deb http://my.favorite.cran.mirror/bin/linux/ubuntu feisty main >> >> However after this it still complains that it can't find "packages.gz" >> >> > > Just a guess: have you replaced the my.favorite.cran.mirror by a mirror > which is close to you? If you're in UK it would be for example > > deb http://www.stats.bris.ac.uk/R/bin/linux/ubuntu feisty main > > ;o) > Stefan > >> It appears to be looking in >> http://my.favorite.cran.mirror/bin/linux/ubuntu/distsfeisty >> which isn't the directory structure of the cran repository, but >> I can see anyway to modify this behaviour. Every other Ubuntu repositoy >> I have looked at contains the dists directory. >> >> Any suggestions for modifying this behaviour are gratefully recieved. >> Many thanks >> >> Mike Smith >> >> >> > > > > > -=-=- > ... The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into > the human imagination - (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) > > ______________________________________________ > [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 > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-install-R-2.5-with-Synaptic-in-Ubuntu--tf3998481.html#a11427837 Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ [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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
