I am failing to get R 4 installed on Ubuntu. I am following the
instructions given here:
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/
These are the errors I am getting:
<start>
parallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$ sudo
apt install --no-install-recommends r-base
[sudo] password for parallels:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not going
to be installed
Depends: r-recommended (= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not
going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
<end>
This is the tail of the source.lists file:
<start>
deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/
# deb-src https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/
<end>
This is the head of executing: apt-cache policy r-base
<start>
arallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$
apt-cache policy r-base
r-base:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4.2.1-1.2004.0
Version table:
4.2.1-1.2004.0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ Packages
4.2.0-1.2004.0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ Packages
4.1.3-1.2004.0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ Packages
4.1.2-1.2004.0 500
<end>
End this is for executing apt-cache policy r-base-core
<start>
parallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$
apt-cache policy r-base-core
r-base-core:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.6.3-2
Version table:
3.6.3-2 500
500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal/universe arm64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
<end>
Someone else described the same/similar problem here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1373827/problems-installing-latest-version-of-r-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts
What step did I miss executing?
Best regards
Witek
--
Witold Eryk Wolski
Better posted on R-sig-debian, I think. Cheers, Bert On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 7:44 AM Witold E Wolski <wewolski at gmail.com> wrote:> I am failing to get R 4 installed on Ubuntu. I am following the > instructions given here: > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > > These are the errors I am getting: > <start> > parallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$ sudo > apt install --no-install-recommends r-base > [sudo] password for parallels: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not going > to be installed > Depends: r-recommended (= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not > going to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > <end> > > > This is the tail of the source.lists file: > > <start> > deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ > # deb-src https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ > <end> > > This is the head of executing: apt-cache policy r-base > <start> > arallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$ > apt-cache policy r-base > r-base: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 4.2.1-1.2004.0 > Version table: > 4.2.1-1.2004.0 500 > 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ > Packages > 4.2.0-1.2004.0 500 > 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ > Packages > 4.1.3-1.2004.0 500 > 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ > Packages > 4.1.2-1.2004.0 500 > > <end> > > End this is for executing apt-cache policy r-base-core > > <start> > parallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$ > apt-cache policy r-base-core > r-base-core: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 3.6.3-2 > Version table: > 3.6.3-2 500 > 500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal/universe arm64 > Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > <end> > > Someone else described the same/similar problem here: > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/1373827/problems-installing-latest-version-of-r-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts > > What step did I miss executing? > > Best regards > Witek > > > -- > Witold Eryk Wolski > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Just a guess: On 25/07/2022 17:43, Witold E Wolski wrote:> I am failing to get R 4 installed on Ubuntu. I am following the > instructions given here: > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > > These are the errors I am getting: > <start> > parallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$ sudo > apt install --no-install-recommends r-base >--no-install-recommends might be your problem Try running without that. (And also do sudo apt update first)> The following packages have unmet dependencies:And this is why that --no-install-recommends is causing the install to fail:> r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not going > to be installed > Depends: r-recommended (= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not > going to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > <end> > > > Best regards > Witek > > > -- > Witold Eryk Wolski > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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.-- Micha Silver Ben Gurion Univ. Sde Boker, Remote Sensing Lab cell: +972-523-665918
Is it possible that the reason is that I have an Ubuntu for arm64 installation? I installed R from source. Thanks On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 at 17:45, Micha Silver <tsvibar at gmail.com> wrote:> > Just a guess: > > > On 25/07/2022 17:43, Witold E Wolski wrote: > > I am failing to get R 4 installed on Ubuntu. I am following the > > instructions given here: > > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ > > > > These are the errors I am getting: > > <start> > > parallels at ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop:~/Downloads/fragpipe/bin$ sudo > > apt install --no-install-recommends r-base > > > --no-install-recommends might be your problem > > Try running without that. > > > (And also do sudo apt update first) > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > And this is why that --no-install-recommends is causing the install to > fail: > > r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not going > > to be installed > > Depends: r-recommended (= 4.2.1-1.2004.0) but it is not > > going to be installed > > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > <end> > > > > > > Best regards > > Witek > > > > > > -- > > Witold Eryk Wolski > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > -- > Micha Silver > Ben Gurion Univ. > Sde Boker, Remote Sensing Lab > cell: +972-523-665918 >-- Witold Eryk Wolski