[R] Problem with utils package

[juansantomero7432 at yahoo.com]

Dear List,
This is an update to the query I sent earlier: I am having the following problem. 
I just installed a new version of R (3.3.1) on Ubuntu Trusty LTS, following instruction on CRAN website, but the associated packages which are installed as part of the base package (e.g. utils) get installed only as an old version 3.0.2.
So, my question is why, if the installation of R 3.3.1 is successful, as indicated below, that such outdated packages like utils have been installed as part of this brand new R??? Using the older version of e.g. utils is causing me all sorts of problems, and because it is part of the base package, I don't seem to be able to install a newer version of utils. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
many thanks,Juan
Session Information below:
R.Version()
$platform
[1] "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"

$arch
[1] "x86_64"

$os
[1] "linux-gnu"

$system
[1] "x86_64, linux-gnu"

$status
[1] ""

$major
[1] "3"

$minor
[1] "3.1"

$year
[1] "2016"

$month
[1] "06"

$day
[1] "21"

$`svn rev`
[1] "70800"

$language
[1] "R"

$version.string
[1] "R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21)"

$nickname
[1] "Bug in Your Hair"

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C              
 [3] LC_TIME=zh_CN.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8    
 [5] LC_MONETARY=zh_CN.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=zh_CN.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                 
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C            
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=zh_CN.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_3.3.1

 

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    On Monday, 4 July 2016, 17:36, "juansantomero7432 at yahoo.com" <juansantomero7432 at yahoo.com> wrote:
 

 Dear List,
I am having the following problem. 
I just installed a new version of R on Ubuntu Trust LTS, following instruction on CRAN website, but the associated utils package which got installed appears only as version 3.0.2.
On an older version of R (3.1.2) which I am running on a Windows machine, the associated utils package is version 3.1.2.
So, my question is why was such an outdated utils package installed as part of a brand new R??? Using this older version of utils is causing me all sorts of problems, and because it is part of the base package, I don't seem to be able to install a newer version of utils. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
many thanks,Juan
Session Information below:
R.Version()
$platform
[1] "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"

$arch
[1] "x86_64"

$os
[1] "linux-gnu"

$system
[1] "x86_64, linux-gnu"

$status
[1] ""

$major
[1] "3"

$minor
[1] "3.1"

$year
[1] "2016"

$month
[1] "06"

$day
[1] "21"

$`svn rev`
[1] "70800"

$language
[1] "R"

$version.string
[1] "R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21)"

$nickname
[1] "Bug in Your Hair"

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.3.1 (2016-06-21)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C              
 [3] LC_TIME=zh_CN.UTF-8        LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8    
 [5] LC_MONETARY=zh_CN.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8   
 [7] LC_PAPER=zh_CN.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                 
 [9] LC_ADDRESS=C               LC_TELEPHONE=C            
[11] LC_MEASUREMENT=zh_CN.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] tools_3.3.1

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