I'm not sure this is the location to pose this question. If not, please let me know. Does anyone know if R 2.15 is can be built for Ubuntu 12.04? ( I did attempt a build and it failed to configure due to missing X11 headers/libs. ) I'm trying to install some R packages that are not available for R 2.14, which is the last supported version available under Ubuntu 12.04. I can update Ubuntu to 12.10 where R 2.15 is available, but Ubuntu 12.04 has been designated to have long term support and I'd like to keep it rather than upgrade to a shorter lifespan version. Thanks. Martin. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On 23 June 2013 at 11:54, Martin Gilchrist wrote: | I'm not sure this is the location to pose this question.? If not, please let me know. Sure is | Does anyone know if R 2.15 is can be built for Ubuntu 12.04??( I did attempt a build and it failed to configure due to missing X11 headers/libs. ) | ? | I'm trying to install some R packages that are not available for R 2.14, which is the last supported version available?under Ubuntu 12.04.?? I can update Ubuntu to 12.10 where R 2.15 is available, but Ubuntu 12.04 has been designated to have long term support and I'd like to keep it rather than upgrade to a shorter lifespan version. Prebuild binaries exist for your convenience. Read the README at http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ carefully. By default, you will get the newest R version, ie 3.0.1, for your chosen distribution -- which can be Ubuntu 12.04 -- but you can also pick an older release by hand if you prefer. Hth, Dirk -- Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com
Hi again. Thanks for the reply. What controls the version of R that I get? I took a look at the link and it looks like the only thing I have control over is the version of Ubuntu placed in the /etc/apt/source.list file. So does putting quantal in the source.list file force apt-get install r-base r-dev-base to update R to the version of R related to quantal? Martin. ________________________________ To: "r-sig-debian@r-project.org" <r-sig-debian@r-project.org> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:54 AM Subject: Ubuntu 12.04 and R 2.15 I'm not sure this is the location to pose this question. If not, please let me know. Does anyone know if R 2.15 is can be built for Ubuntu 12.04? ( I did attempt a build and it failed to configure due to missing X11 headers/libs. ) I'm trying to install some R packages that are not available for R 2.14, which is the last supported version available under Ubuntu 12.04. I can update Ubuntu to 12.10 where R 2.15 is available, but Ubuntu 12.04 has been designated to have long term support and I'd like to keep it rather than upgrade to a shorter lifespan version. Thanks. Martin. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]