R help - Jan 2011 - Debian ?Ubuntu version of latest R using synaptic in Ubuntu 10.10

Dear List

I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version of
R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1

Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the problem
remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of Debian
packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well

My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages from
Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update from
CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie

Please help

Regards

Ajay

Websites-
http://decisionstats.com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-sig-debian-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-debian-bounces at
r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Ajay Ohri
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:50 PM
> To: r-sig-debian at r-project.org; R list
> Subject: [R-sig-Debian] Debian ?Ubuntu version of latest R using synaptic
> inUbuntu 10.10
> 
> Dear List
> 
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version
> of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
> 
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the
> problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
> Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
> 
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages
> from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update
> from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
> 
> Please help
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ajay
> 
Ajay,

To update from within R, start R using sudo and you should solve your
permissions problem.  In addition, go to the Linux section of "Download and
Install R" on CRAN and see the instructions for downloading and installing
the latest version of R for your version of Ubuntu.

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA

...One more important thing:
After updating your packages with sudo
if you have additional packages installed with
'install.packages("<name>", dependencies=TRUE)' in R 
you will have to reinstall them 
Regards
Denis


? ???, 22/01/2011 ? 12:20 +0530, Ajay Ohri ????:
> Dear List
> 
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
> 
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
> 
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
> 
> Please help
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ajay
> 
> Websites-
> http://decisionstats.com
> 
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> PLEASE do read the posting guide
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> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

Ajay, 

you may try to run R as root while updating packages. Some
packages insist to install in directories writeable only by root.



On Saturday 22 January 2011 07:50:10 Ajay Ohri wrote:
> Dear List
> 
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
> 
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
> 
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
> 
> Please help
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ajay
> 
> Websites-
> http://decisionstats.com
> 
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> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>

Ajay

Please avoid cross-posting on two lists. Continue this thread only on 
thes-ig-debian list.

You can't update packages from within R? Did you try to start R with 
sudo permissions?:
sudo R

Hope this helps

Mat

Le 22. 01. 11 07:50, Ajay Ohri a ?crit :
> Dear List
>
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
>
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
>
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
>
> Please help
>
> Regards
>
> Ajay
>
> Websites-
> http://decisionstats.com
>
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>
> _______________________________________________
> R-SIG-Debian mailing list
> R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian

On 01/22/2011 01:50 AM, Ajay Ohri wrote:
> Dear List
> 
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
> 
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
> 
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
> 
> Please help
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ajay
Ajay,

Please make sure you have followed all the instructions listed here:

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/

If that does not solve the issue, please list the lines added to your
/etc/apt/sources.list file and what commands you used to upgrade R.

Michael
-- 
Dr. Michael A. Rutter
School of Science
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Station Road
Erie, PA 16563
http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter

Hey Mat

sudo R works!

Also I modified the etc/sources.list to include a CRAN destination instead
of the debian instances.



thanks :))

only thing- i had to practically re install all packages from scratch.

is there any way to avoid re-installing all packages if you are upgrading to
a new R version in Ubuntu Linux

Best

Ajay
Websites-
http://decisionstats.com






On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:47 PM, mat <matthieu.stigler@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ajay
>
> Please avoid cross-posting on two lists. Continue this thread only on
> thes-ig-debian list.
>
> You can't update packages from within R? Did you try to start R with
sudo
> permissions?:
> sudo R
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Mat
>
> Le 22. 01. 11 07:50, Ajay Ohri a écrit :
>
>> Dear List
>>
>> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest
version
>> of
>> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
>>
>> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the
>> problem
>> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
>> Debian
>> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
>>
>> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages
>> from
>> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update
>> from
>> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
>>
>> Please help
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ajay
>>
>> Websites-
>> http://decisionstats.com
>>
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>> _______________________________________________
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>> R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
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