[R] Updated R on Debian testing machine...

Paul Hiemstra p.hiemstra at geo.uu.nl
Thu Mar 19 11:23:53 CET 2009


Hi Petar,

I use Debian Lenny, these are the lines I added to my sources.list:

# Add R-repository
deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/
deb-src http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/

cheers,
Paul

Petar Milin wrote:
> Thanks! However, that is my point: it is a bit vague what line to put
> in /etc/apt/source.list. And I cannot see anything in Debian section for
> Sid.
> Also, thanks for the advice on r-sig-debian.
>
> Best,
> PM
>
>
> On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 20:42 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>   
>> On 18 March 2009 at 17:44, Petar Milin wrote:
>> | I recently switched to Debian testing OS and explanation at the:
>> | http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/
>> | is a little bit fuzzy. Can anyone give step-by-step how-to have updated
>> | R on Debian testing and/or unstable.
>>
>> Please consider subscribing to the r-sig-debian list and asking there.
>>
>> In a nutshell:
>>
>> i)   add one line to /etc/apt/sources.list
>> ii)  run 'sudo apt-get update'
>> iii) run 'sudo apt-get install r-base'
>>
>> and you have a shiny new R 2.8.1 for Debian testing. [ Which right now you
>> could also take from Debian unstable but that isn't always possible. ]
>>
>> The CRAN service is a good one, thanks to Vincent, Michael (for Ubuntu) and
>> Johannes for Debian to keep it running smoothly.
>>
>> Dirk
>>
>>     
>
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