[R] Does R version 3.4.4 work on Ubuntu 18.04.1

Ista Zahn |@t@z@hn @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Tue Sep 18 15:08:18 CEST 2018


This is really the wrong place for this discussion. Please post ubuntu
specific questions to r-sig-debian.

Best,
Ista
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 6:52 AM Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Rui,
>
> I tried R 3.4.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.1. It runs FINE except for an inhouse
> package created by us. That is why I asked.
>
> Best,
> Ashim
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:12 PM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > R 3.4.0 was released 2017-04-21 09:14 and R 3.4.4 2018-03-15 09:04. This
> > is before the release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS so that version of Ubuntu was
> > not supported by any sub-version of R 3.4.
> >
> > At least this is how I understand it. If you want to give R 3.4/Ubuntu
> > 18.04 a try, you can download older versions of R from CRAN and install
> > them.
> >
> > Do you have any practical reason for asking this?
> >
> > Rui Barradas
> >
> > Às 08:24 de 18/09/2018, Ashim Kapoor escreveu:
> > > Dear Rui,
> > >
> > > I am a little confused.
> > >
> > > See this ---> : R 3.4 packages for Ubuntu on i386 and amd64 are
> > > available for all stable Desktop releases of Ubuntu prior to Bionic
> > > Beaver (18.04) until their official end of life date. However, only the
> > > latest Long Term Support (LTS) release is fully supported. As of June
> > > 11, 2018 the supported releases are Artful Aardvark (17.10), Xenial
> > > Xerus (16.04; LTS), and Trusty Tahr (14.04; LTS).
> > >
> > > Bionic Beaver ( Ubuntu 18.04 ) is NOT in the list of supported releases
> > > for R 3.4  What does this mean ? Can you please clarify ?
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Ashim
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:49 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas using sapo.pt
> > > <mailto:ruipbarradas using sapo.pt>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     Hello,
> > >
> > >     I am not completely sure but I think I installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
> > first
> > >     and R 3.5 days later, so yes, if I'm right it is possible to run R
> > 3.4
> > >     on 18.04.
> > >
> > >     (You ask whether we can *install* R 3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.1, I'm
> > >     saying it
> > >     can be *run* on Ubuntu 18.04.1.)
> > >
> > >     Hope this helps,
> > >
> > >     Rui Barradas
> > >
> > >
> > >     Às 06:51 de 18/09/2018, Ashim Kapoor escreveu:
> > >      > Dear All,
> > >      >
> > >      > I was reading this page --->
> > >      > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html
> > >      >
> > >      > It says: R 3.4 packages for Ubuntu on i386 and amd64 are
> > >     available for all
> > >      > stable Desktop releases of Ubuntu prior to Bionic Beaver (18.04)
> > >     until
> > >      > their official end of life date.
> > >      >
> > >      > The page also shows how to install R 3.5 on Ubuntu 18.04.1
> > >      >
> > >      > My query is : Can we install R 3.4 on Ubuntu 18.04.1 ? Or can we
> > only
> > >      > install R 3.5 ?
> > >      >
> > >      > Many thanks,
> > >      > Ashim
> > >      >
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