R SIG Debian - Sep 2008 - Suspected Bug with " bin/linux/ubuntu dapper/" installation

Dear r-sig Debian list,

I subscribe to the 'r-help' forum but as requested on the "Download
and
Install" section of CRAN I am reporting a suspected bug on the

   " bin/linux/ubuntu dapper/"

installation binaries, I show an extract from my Ubuntu(dapper)
terminal console below----

# Attempted unsuccessful installation copy from terminal--

root at ubup:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get update
root at ubup:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get install r-base

..........downloaded text etcetera........................

.......... downloaded text etcetera....................
"
Building dependency tree... 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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
against that package should be filed.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies.

  r-base: Depends: r-base-core (>= 2.7.2-1dapper0)
but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: r-recommended (= 2.7.2-1dapper0)
but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
"
#end of terminal quote (under scored text added by me).
				^^^^^^^^^^^^^
My fist unsuccessful attempt was from the mirror
http://cran.uk.r-project.org   (29th August update)

I noticed that the CRAN site was more upto-date so my second failed attempt
was (from changed rescources.list) to--
http://cran.r-project.org       (1st September update)

I received the identical messages (quoted above) in both cases.

I also noticed,later, that 'synaptic' would not allow me to select
 "r-base" alone and its icon was not dark green as I expected; having
successfully installed 'Ubuntu-dapper-drake' on previous occaisions
using
the same regular installation code.

It seems to me as though 'r-base' is behaving as a wrapper rather tnan a
stand-alone installation binary.

Can you help me with this download/installation  please?

John Wilkinson
[jnwilks at btinternet.com]

John,

Sorry for the delay, but your email only appeared in my mailbox today.

Are you using x86 or amd64?

Have you tried "sudo apt-get -f install"?  This may fix the problem
and
allow "sudo apt-get install r-base".

Michael

John Wilkinson wrote:
> Dear r-sig Debian list,
> 
> I subscribe to the 'r-help' forum but as requested on the
"Download and
> Install" section of CRAN I am reporting a suspected bug on the
> 
>    " bin/linux/ubuntu dapper/"
> 
> installation binaries, I show an extract from my Ubuntu(dapper)
> terminal console below----
> 
> # Attempted unsuccessful installation copy from terminal--
> 
> root at ubup:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get update
> root at ubup:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get install r-base
> 
> ..........downloaded text etcetera........................
> 
> .......... downloaded text etcetera....................
> "
> Building dependency tree... 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.
> 
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> against that package should be filed.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
> 
>   r-base: Depends: r-base-core (>= 2.7.2-1dapper0)
> but it is not going to be installed
>           Depends: r-recommended (= 2.7.2-1dapper0)
> but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> "
> #end of terminal quote (under scored text added by me).
> 				^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> My fist unsuccessful attempt was from the mirror
> http://cran.uk.r-project.org   (29th August update)
> 
> I noticed that the CRAN site was more upto-date so my second failed attempt
> was (from changed rescources.list) to--
> http://cran.r-project.org       (1st September update)
> 
> I received the identical messages (quoted above) in both cases.
> 
> I also noticed,later, that 'synaptic' would not allow me to select
>  "r-base" alone and its icon was not dark green as I expected;
having
> successfully installed 'Ubuntu-dapper-drake' on previous occaisions
using
> the same regular installation code.
> 
> It seems to me as though 'r-base' is behaving as a wrapper rather
tnan a
> stand-alone installation binary.
> 
> Can you help me with this download/installation  please?
> 
> John Wilkinson
> [jnwilks at btinternet.com]
> 
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