R SIG Debian - May 2011 - Installing R on ubuntu 10.04 LTS :solved

Dear Christophe,
Yes. It was helpful indeed.

The four steps you outlined successfully helped me to install the newest
version of R. I have been fiddling with this for days and I am quite
grateful to all who contributed.
I formally posted to r-help@r-project.org before somebody suggested posting
to r-sig-debian@r-project.org.
Best regards
Ogbos

2011/5/31 Christophe Bonenfant <christophe.bonenfant@univ-lyon1.fr>
> Hi Ogbos,
>
> I think you made a little mistake when adding the CRAN repository in your
> source list. The right spelling is:
>
>
> deb http://cran.ru.ac.za/bin/linux/ubuntu lucid/
>
> (you have an extra space between ac.za/ and bin/linux
>
> Try to edit the source file:
>
> sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> correct the line and then quit and save: ctrl+X
>
> then:
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get install r-base
>
> and you are done, hopefully.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Christophe
>
> Le 31/05/2011 10:07, ogbos okike a écrit :
>
>> Hello,
>> I recently install ubuntus 10.04 LTS on my desktop. My target is to
>> install
>> R from package manager as I learn that that will easier for me. I got
the
>> "SECURE APT" from Micheal yesterday and successfully
installed that.
>>
>> However, I am unable to update my system successfully or to install R
>> using
>> sudo apt-get update. When I clicked check on the update manager, Many
>> packages where downloaded and updated but one error persisted:
>>
>> "Failed to fetch
>>
>>
http://cran.ru.ac.za/dists/bin/linux/ubuntu/lucid//binary-amd64/Packages.gz
>> 404  Not Found
>> Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
ones
>> used instead."
>>
>> The same error occurred when I tried to install R using sudo apt-get
>> update.
>>
>>
>> Since I am in South Africa, the cran mirror I added in my source.list
is
>> :deb http://cran.ru.ac.za/ bin/linux/ubuntu lucid/
>>
>> I am trying this for the first time and will be greatly obliged if I am
>> help
>> out.
>> Best regards
>> Ogbos
>>
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