R help - Aug 2012 - Upgrading Ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.04: Problem with r-base-dev?

Hallo,

I was about to upgrade Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 when I saw that this would mean
that the package 'r-base-dev' would be removed. What exactly does this
imply? Will R be still working correctly after the upgrade? Will the pacakge
automatically be reinstalled (it didnt appear in any other lists as the list of
packages which were to be installed)?

How should I proceed?

Thanks in advance

Like most Ubuntu/R users, you probably have a CRAN mirror in your sources.list.
Ubuntu comments out all third-party sources during an upgrade to avoid debugging
nightmares where the third-party software interferes with Ubuntu standard
package upgrade scripts.  This net result is that R generally is uninstalled
during the upgrade and you have to repeat the setup of the repository in
sources.list after the upgrade is complete.

Note that your home directory contents are basically untouched during the
upgrade, so your working files and personal R libraries should be unaffected by
the uninstall/install of R.

disclaimer: It works for me. As always, YMMV so backup anything you are
concerned about losing due to Ubuntu coding errors or your own errors.
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NoSkill ButStyle <noskillbutstyle at web.de> wrote:
>Hallo,
>
>I was about to upgrade Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 when I saw that this would
>mean that the package 'r-base-dev' would be removed. What exactly
does
>this imply? Will R be still working correctly after the upgrade? Will
>the pacakge automatically be reinstalled (it didnt appear in any other
>lists as the list of packages which were to be installed)?
>
>How should I proceed?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
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