R help - Dec 2023 - Unable to add the CRAN apt repository

I just upgraded from Linux Mint 20 to 21 and am no longer able to add the CRAN
Ubuntu repository to my list of repositories. ?I am getting:

$> sudo /usr/bin/add-apt-repository "deb
https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)-cran40/"
$> sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com victoria InRelease
Hit:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com victoria Release
Ign:8 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu victoria-cran40/ InRelease
Err:9 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu victoria-cran40/ Release
404 Not Found [IP: 108.139.15.91 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu
victoria-cran40/
Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore
disabled by default.

Any hints will be much appreciated!

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Steve Gutreuter


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On Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:41:47 -0500
Steve Gutreuter <sgutreuter at gmail.com> wrote:
> $> sudo /usr/bin/add-apt-repository "deb  
> https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release
> -cs)-cran40/"
Looks like `lsb_release -cs` returns a Mint codename for you.
Thankfully, since we know that Linux Mint 21 is based on Ubuntu 22.04
"Jammy Jellyfish", it should be possible to replace $(lsb_release -cs)
with jammy when running the command. Does the jammy-cran40/
subdirectory work for you?

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Best regards,
Ivan

Steve,

The better list for such questions is r-sig-debian.

On 4 December 2023 at 13:41, Steve Gutreuter wrote:
| I just upgraded from Linux Mint 20 to 21 and am no longer able to add the CRAN
| Ubuntu repository to my list of repositories. ?I am getting:
| 
| $> sudo /usr/bin/add-apt-repository "deb
| https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs)-cran40/"
| $> sudo apt update
| Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
| Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
| Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
| Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
| Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com victoria InRelease
| Hit:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com victoria Release
| Ign:8 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu victoria-cran40/ InRelease
| Err:9 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu victoria-cran40/ Release
| 404 Not Found [IP: 108.139.15.91 443]
| Reading package lists... Done
| E: The repository 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu
victoria-cran40/
| Release' does not have a Release file.
| N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is
therefore
| disabled by default.

There is no such thing as 'victoria-cran40' at these servers.

Use jammy-cran40 if you want the Ubuntu 22.04 binaries, otherwise use
focal-cran40 for Ubuntu 20.04.

Dirk


| Any hints will be much appreciated!
| 
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| Steve Gutreuter
| 
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