[R] R 1.8 for debian

[Philippe Glaziou]

Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
 Sure, got uploaded the day of the 1.8 release. You may want to
> learn how to point apt at different archives. Debian has 1.8 in
> unstable; CRAN has it in testing (thanks to Doug Bates) and
> even in stable (thanks to Korbinian Strimmer)


Please, note also that if your debian box has the compilers and
header files required to compile R from source, then building
your own deb packages should be easy because the developers
included all relevant debian files in the sources.  There is
little need to tweak /etc/apt/sources.list to get the latest
vintage of debianized R, nor to wait if you need non-intel
binaries. 

  sudo apt-get install fakeroot  # if not already installed
  tar xvzf R-1.8.0.tgz
  cd R-1.8.0
  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot   # now is time to have a coffee...
  cd ..
  sudo dpkg -i r-*               # this will install everything


-- 
Philippe