R SIG Debian - Feb 2010 - Trouble updating to latest version of R

Dear R Debian People:

I'm trying to update a computer that I do not use often to the latest
version of R.

Here is the problem:

debian:/home/erinh# apt-get -t unstable install r-base r-base-dev
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing uim-utils (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.egr.msu.edu_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Does this look familiar, please?  Any suggestions for a fix, please?

Thanks in advance,
Sincerely,
Erin



Erin M. Hodgess, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
University of Houston - Downtown
mailto: hodgesse@uhd.edu


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On 31 January 2010 at 20:24, Hodgess, Erin wrote:
| Dear R Debian People:
| 
| I'm trying to update a computer that I do not use often to the latest
version of R.
| 
| Here is the problem:
| 
| debian:/home/erinh# apt-get -t unstable install r-base r-base-dev
| Reading package lists... Error!
| E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
| E: Error occurred while processing uim-utils (NewVersion1)
| E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.egr.msu.edu_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
| E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
| 
| Does this look familiar, please?  Any suggestions for a fix, please?

Known apt limitation -- googling for 'Dynamic MMap ran out of room' (ie
the
error message) along with 'apt' or 'apt-get' would you have told
you so. In
fact, Google Chrome even completed the sentence for me.  So do the query and
follow the first hit

http://www.google.com/search?q=Dynamic+MMap+ran+out+of+room+apt-get

FWIW newer systems don't seem to use it. I can't find this in any of my
apt.conf files -- but I have needed it in the past.

Now, if I may: Please do not use this list for generic Debian help. It is for
the R / Debian intersection only.  We value our signal to noise ratio, so
let's all make an effort at keeping it high.

Dirk

-- 
Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.