That fixed it! Thanks Michael!: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:marutter/rdev
Then I reran: sudo apt-get install r-base-dev And it went to town. Thanks again. Timothy Harding RPCV Vanuatu Skype: [email protected] +1 (541) 632-6623 On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Michael Rutter <[email protected]> wrote: > Timothy, > > The link from stackoverflow gave some bad advice, IMO. You should be > using the RRutter PPA, not RDev. RDev is the where I build > not-ready-for-prime-time versions of R, and sometimes they break other > things. RRutter is what is used to seed CRAN. Here is the link: > > https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/ubuntu/rrutter > > I would remove the RDev PPA and install RRutter. The newest version of R > (3.2.0) should be appearing the next 24 hours or so on the PPA. > > Michael > > > On 04/16/2015 02:23 AM, Luís de Sousa wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > -- > Dr. Michael A. Rutter > Associate Professor of Statistics > Academic and Program Coordinator, Mathematics > Penn State Erie, The Behrend College > Station Road > Erie, PA 16563 > http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
