Hey Mat sudo R works!
Also I modified the etc/sources.list to include a CRAN destination instead of the debian instances. thanks :)) only thing- i had to practically re install all packages from scratch. is there any way to avoid re-installing all packages if you are upgrading to a new R version in Ubuntu Linux Best Ajay Websites- http://decisionstats.com On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:47 PM, mat <[email protected]> wrote: > Ajay > > Please avoid cross-posting on two lists. Continue this thread only on > thes-ig-debian list. > > You can't update packages from within R? Did you try to start R with sudo > permissions?: > sudo R > > Hope this helps > > Mat > > Le 22. 01. 11 07:50, Ajay Ohri a écrit : > >> Dear List >> >> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version >> of >> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1 >> >> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the >> problem >> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of >> Debian >> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well >> >> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages >> from >> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update >> from >> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie >> >> Please help >> >> Regards >> >> Ajay >> >> Websites- >> http://decisionstats.com >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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