Hi Timothy, First you could try to an auto-fix with:
sudo apt-get install -f If it does not solve it can you please post the output of: sudo apt-get --simulate install r-base-core Cheers, Luís On 16 April 2015 at 05:53, Timothy Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've followed the instructions at several different how to sites: > http://cran.r-project.org/ > http://r-interface.blogspot.com/2012/04/install-r-jgr-and-deducer-in-ubuntu.html > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28273441/receiving-unmet-dependency-while-installing-r-base-on-ubuntu-14-10 > > I've installed R to various Ubuntu's before, including trusty, but recently > it has stopped working: > > dhis@tmctpsql:~$ sudo apt-get install r-base-dev > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > r-base-dev : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.1.3.20150410-1trusty) but it is > not going to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > Any ways around this? Does anyone else have issues with installing to a > brand new trusty install? > > > Timothy Harding > RPCV Vanuatu > Skype: [email protected] > +1 (541) 632-6623 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > 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
