R SIG Debian - Nov 2010 - Basic Question about Upgrading to Newer Version of R

Hey Everyone,

I'm using Ubuntu and used the Ubuntu Software Center to put R on my computer
(version 2.10.1).  It has been working great for what I've needed it for. 
However, I think now that I need a newer version so that a particular function
in a new script I'd like to use can be found: rasterImage.  My basic
question is how do I upgrade from 2.10.1 to 2.12.0?  The problems I'm
running into include not having permission to change /usr/lib/R and not knowing
how to specify a different version of R to be used when I've installed and
compiled the newer version somewhere else on my computer (say in my home
folder).  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ben

PS: I also installed the "png" package and that did not seem to fix
it.

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Benjamin,

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

Vincent

Le 2010-11-29 ? 15:57, Darbro, Benjamin a ?crit :
> Hey Everyone,
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu and used the Ubuntu Software Center to put R on my
computer (version 2.10.1).  It has been working great for what I've needed
it for.  However, I think now that I need a newer version so that a particular
function in a new script I'd like to use can be found: rasterImage.  My
basic question is how do I upgrade from 2.10.1 to 2.12.0?  The problems I'm
running into include not having permission to change /usr/lib/R and not knowing
how to specify a different version of R to be used when I've installed and
compiled the newer version somewhere else on my computer (say in my home
folder).  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 
> PS: I also installed the "png" package and that did not seem to
fix it.
> 
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> 
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