I use several versions of Mint and have found following the CRAN instructions for Ubuntu (matching the chosen sources.list entry of my Mint install to the corresponding Ubuntu version -- that is important) works to get me the latest R.
John Nash On 14-08-01 01:34 AM, Johannes Ranke wrote: > Keith, > > As Linux Mint Maya 13 appears to be based on Ubuntu Precise, you may be > tempted to follow the corresponding Ubuntu README on CRAN. However, CRAN > maintainers do not officially support Mint, so I do not recommend this > approach > as I have no idea in what ways Linux Mint deviates from Ubuntu Precise. > > To be on the safe side, you could compile binaries for your platform from > suitable source packages in Debian format. There are some hints in the Debian > README on CRAN on how to do this. > > This takes a bit of effort, which is why we provide binaries for Debian > stable > and the most important Ubuntu releases on CRAN. > > Maybe somebody else knows more about Mint 13 and its compatibility with > Ubuntu > Precise? > > Kind regards, > > Johannes > > > > Am Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2014, 22:28:04 schrieb Keith S Weintraub: >> Folks, >> I was able to get R installed using: >> apt-get install r-base-core >> >> >> R version 2.14.1 (2011-12-22) >> Copyright (C) 2011 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing >> ISBN 3-900051-07-0 >> Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit) >> >> >> * What is the best way to upgrade to the latest version of R. >> * What is the best way to install rJava and XLConnect. >> >> Thanks for your time, >> Best, >> KW >> >> PS. I know some of you may have seen these questions before from me on >> r-help. I was told this forum might be a better place to peddle my >> problems. >> >> -- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
