R SIG Debian - Mar 2009 - R-SIG-Debian Digest, Vol 43, Issue 2

On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 12:00 +0100, r-sig-debian-request at r-project.org
wrote:
> On 19 March 2009 at 10:08, tyler wrote:
> | > I recently switched to Debian testing OS and explanation at the:
> | > http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/
> | > is a little bit fuzzy. Can anyone give step-by-step how-to have
> updated
> | > R on Debian testing and/or unstable.
> | 
> | If you're already running testing, you don't need to add anything
to
> | your sources.list. All the R packages are there, and they'll be
> mostly
> | up to date for the foreseeable future. Generally, when new R
> versions
> | and packages are released, they get put into unstable within a few
> days,
> | and migrate to testing within a couple of weeks.
> 
> Well, yes, but
> 
> a) sometimes releases or library transitions happen which makes the
> 'ten day'
> rule inapplicable. R 2.8.* took months to reach testing, which is why
> the
> CRAN port is offered.
> 
> b) that said, you can often get R from Debian unstable onto testing. I
> do
> that, but that is a more advanced route than what you asked.
So, that would mean:
   deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

> | You only need to add lines to your sources.list if you run stable,
> which
> | doesn't get updated, or if you're running testing close to the
time
> of a
> | new release. Which is probably 12 to 18 months off at least.
> 
> c) You can also add the CRAN "stable" port to run _current R
release_
> on
> Debian testing via CRAN, just what Petar asked for.  Given that these
> were
> built on 'stable' it is highly likely that they will work on
> 'testing'.
> 
> So use the lines Paul sent to r-help in response to your earlier post:
>   
>   # Add R-repository
>   deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/
>   deb-src http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/
And what about:
   deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
   deb-src http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
They are in CRAN now.
> 
> You want to pair up with a local Debian user to ask such 'how do I
..'
> questions over a coffee...
I might miss something here... Debian users are rare here... But I am
always for coffee...

Best,
PM

On 20 March 2009 at 12:34, Petar Milin wrote:
| > b) that said, you can often get R from Debian unstable onto testing. I
| > do
| > that, but that is a more advanced route than what you asked.
| 
| So, that would mean:
|    deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

Yes -- but be careful to also exclude automtic upgrades or you find yourself
with a Debian unstable system instead of testing. The key phrase is
'apt-pinning' -- Google it and read some of the tutorials.  But as I
said,
this is more advanced material to may want to skip this for now.
 
| > So use the lines Paul sent to r-help in response to your earlier post:
| >   
| >   # Add R-repository
| >   deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/
| >   deb-src http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian etch-cran/
| 
| And what about:
|    deb http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
|    deb-src http://cran.at.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian lenny-cran/
| They are in CRAN now.

Yes. 

Updates, corrections, patches, ... to the README would also be welcome.

Dirk

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