You can download a recent R package with the command : wget http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/lenny-cran/r-base-core_2.10.1-2~lennycran.0_i386.deb (one line) (works in any system, even in cygwin); perhaps it would be a nice repository to add to your list....-as it is the place where the latest version is- Then, you might use wajig http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Wajig_Overview.html with the option "--simulate" to know which is missing (without installing, therefore you can know if it might generate dependency conflicts). >From http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Installing_Packages0.html the command line : sudo wajig --simulate install r-base-core-dbg_2.10.1-2~lennycran.0_i386.deb might give you the list of waht you need, without installing : if all your dependencies are OK -ie you can find in the repositories you trust- , you can remove "--simulate" and courageously relaunch;
FYI : there is a nice how to in http://wiki.debian-facile.org/manuel:apt (treats wajig, too). Sorry I cannot go further (looked at two *.deb files dependencies from cygwin without fully testing), but I do not use debian on [mon-thurs]days... --- En date de : Lun 19.4.10, Biau David <[email protected]> a écrit : De: Biau David <[email protected]> Objet: Install latest R version from apt on Lenny À: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Lundi 19 avril 2010, 2h21 well, I had the site and page and I had added the relevant backport but it didn't work and i keep installing R 2.7 . Don't know why; i probably missed something. #### May be you should add in your mail the file : /etc/apt/sources.list (I suppose there might be a typo, as IT addresses are long and booring, and AFAIK, correcting a typo one made is **very** difficult). FYI binary installs are (/were) meant to make users life(s) easier, and are (/should be) therefore easier and faster: on the long term, if you go beyond "it does not work" (which makes very mysterious to find what is missing) , this will (might) come true... #### Hi Denis, Here it is. I have add some issues with my source list since revently. I think after trying the instalation though. I have therefore deleted some souce list that seemed duplicates to me. There are still some duplicates that I cannot install. The file looks worse than on Synaptic. It looks like I have a lot more in the file than actually appear on Synaptic. Clearly I should have tried to go beyong the "it does not work..." but I gave it a fair try (you remember) and I had to get my work back on track. Also, I learned by installing the way you told me, that is, installing R where I want so I may now install different versions of R. > /etc/apt/sources.list # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090906-12:06]/ lenny main # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20090906-12:06]/ lenny main deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny-proposed-updates main contrib deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ lenny-proposed-updates main contrib deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free I have changed the subject of the post. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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