On 05-Jun-10 15:03:55, Ted Harding wrote: > On 05-Jun-10 14:34:24, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >> >> Ted, >> >> On 5 June 2010 at 14:23, (Ted Harding) wrote: >>| Greetings! >>| I would be very grateful if someone could supply a suitable >>| line to enter into /etc/apt/sources.list for the benefit of >>| a complete dummy user (i.e. me -- I do not want to have to >>| do any interpretation, guesswork, reading of docs, etc.; >>| I want to just copy it in). >>| >>| The machine in question is an Intel laptop, wuth Debian Lenny >>| (according to the Debian website the current stable version >>| as of 12 Feb 2010). The current contents of /etc/apt/sources.list >>| are: >>| ======= >>| deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free >>| deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free >>| >>| deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free >>| deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib >>| non-free >>| >>| deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main >>| deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile >>| main >>| >>| deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main >>| ======= >>| >>| I had not been using this machine for running R, until I tried it >>| yesterday and was shocked to find that the R version installed is >>| >>| R 2.7.1 (2008-06-23) >>| >>| compared with the version I have on my regular machine, which is >>| R 2.11.0 (2010-04-22). Then I was shocked, on visiting the Debian >>| Lenny webpage, to find that the currently held version of R is >> >> What part of "stable" is unclear? When you opt for "stable", you ask >> Debian >> not to change your packages. >> >> So remarking that it doesn't update your R package, or preferred >> editor, or >> whatever, is inconsistent with what _you_ have chosen. A _stable_ >> selection >> of packages. I am not a native speaker of English but stable seems to >> imply >> 'does not change' reasonably well. >> >> So I am puzzled why this is so hard to explain. >> >> Now, maybe you are complaining that Debian has too few releases which >> is a >> different matter and requires a bit more of a meta-discussion. Too >> many, >> Ubuntu is a reasonable compromise between stability and bi-annual >> updates. I >> use it myself, but I also use (and like) Debian testing. It depends. >> >> But by choosing Lenny you got what you asked for. Now, as you asked, >> ... >> >>| the same as the above: "2.7.1-1+lenny" for all the basic R packages. >>| No wonder I have not been getting updates! >>| >>| I am located in the UK. >>| >>| What should I put in /etc/apt/sources.list ? (Maybe more than one >>| line, if that would be relevant to installing/updating a variety >>| of R packages). >> >> It is all documented, and a Google search for 'debian lenny R package' >> gets >> me there as a first hit. See the bin/linux/debian/ directory of any >> CRAN >> mirror. >> >> There are occassional mistakes (as Michael Friendly recently noticed) >> but the >> page makes an earnest attempt at documenting this so I won't repeat it >> here. >> If you have suggestions to make it clearer, please let Johannes or us >> know. >> >> This also gets discussed here regularly so you may find looking at the >> list >> archives beneficial. >> >> Good luck. >> >> -- >> Regards, Dirk > > Duncan, I am sorry but your reply is of no help at all. > Goodbye.
I meant "Dirk". -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[email protected]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 05-Jun-10 Time: 16:07:18 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
