Hello everyone,
I've spent the last 2 days trying to install base R on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
machine. I even just wiped my entire computer and reinstalled the operating
system thinking that was the problem (since some people have problems
updating R).
So far I've tried to follow this link exactly that has instructions:
http://mirror.las.iastate.edu/CRAN/
Since I just reinstalled Ubuntu I figured I would have no problems. I was
just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them. I was getting an
error while doing sudo apt-get update that said:
....public key not available iastate... NO_PUBKEY 51716619E084DAB9
So I followed that link above and installed the keys (as far as I know).
The current error while trying sudo apt-get install r-base (not installed
previously, fresh OS) is:
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Sat Jun 13 : ~ $ sudo apt-get install r-base
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 (>= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not going to
be installed
Depends: r-recommended (= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not going to
be installed
Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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I've tried countless other things and I'm just frustrated now from 2
days
of trying something that should be fairly straightforward (so I
thought...). I have tried installing the "Depends" packages, but no
dice. I
tried going to Ubuntu Software Center thinking it may do something
differnet but no help either. Can't install dependencies. I don't even
know
what else I've tried. I'm out of ideas.
Any help or solution would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Austin
--
Austin Putz
North Carolina State University
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Email: putz.austin at gmail.com
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Prof J C Nash (U30A)
2015-Jun-13 20:21 UTC
[R-sig-Debian] Cannot install R on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
A possibly silly thought -- Did you "sudo apt-get update" after doing the "sudo apt-add repository ..." statement? In other installs (non-R) I've managed to shoot myself that way. JN On 15-06-13 04:17 PM, Austin Putz wrote:> Hello everyone, > > I've spent the last 2 days trying to install base R on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS > machine. I even just wiped my entire computer and reinstalled the operating > system thinking that was the problem (since some people have problems > updating R). > > So far I've tried to follow this link exactly that has instructions: > > http://mirror.las.iastate.edu/CRAN/ > > Since I just reinstalled Ubuntu I figured I would have no problems. I was > just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them. I was getting an > error while doing sudo apt-get update that said: > > ....public key not available iastate... NO_PUBKEY 51716619E084DAB9 > > So I followed that link above and installed the keys (as far as I know). > > The current error while trying sudo apt-get install r-base (not installed > previously, fresh OS) is: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sat Jun 13 : ~ $ sudo apt-get install r-base > 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 (>= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not going to > be installed > Depends: r-recommended (= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not going to > be installed > Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > I've tried countless other things and I'm just frustrated now from 2 days > of trying something that should be fairly straightforward (so I > thought...). I have tried installing the "Depends" packages, but no dice. I > tried going to Ubuntu Software Center thinking it may do something > differnet but no help either. Can't install dependencies. I don't even know > what else I've tried. I'm out of ideas. > > Any help or solution would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance for any help, > > Austin > >
Austin, I would suggest removing the lines you added to /etc/apt/sources.list and try the following: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter # Follow the prompts to add the key sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install r-base That should do the trick. The PPA used above is the one that is used to seed the CRAN sites, so the packages are identical. Hope this helps, Michael On 06/13/2015 04:21 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote:> A possibly silly thought -- Did you "sudo apt-get update" after doing > the "sudo apt-add repository ..." statement? In other installs (non-R) > I've managed to shoot myself that way. > > JN > > On 15-06-13 04:17 PM, Austin Putz wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I've spent the last 2 days trying to install base R on my Ubuntu 14.04 >> LTS >> machine. I even just wiped my entire computer and reinstalled the >> operating >> system thinking that was the problem (since some people have problems >> updating R). >> >> So far I've tried to follow this link exactly that has instructions: >> >> http://mirror.las.iastate.edu/CRAN/ >> >> Since I just reinstalled Ubuntu I figured I would have no problems. I was >> just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them. I was >> getting an >> error while doing sudo apt-get update that said: >> >> ....public key not available iastate... NO_PUBKEY 51716619E084DAB9 >> >> So I followed that link above and installed the keys (as far as I know). >> >> The current error while trying sudo apt-get install r-base (not installed >> previously, fresh OS) is: >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Sat Jun 13 : ~ $ sudo apt-get install r-base >> 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 (>= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not >> going to >> be installed >> Depends: r-recommended (= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it is not >> going to >> be installed >> Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> I've tried countless other things and I'm just frustrated now from 2 days >> of trying something that should be fairly straightforward (so I >> thought...). I have tried installing the "Depends" packages, but no >> dice. I >> tried going to Ubuntu Software Center thinking it may do something >> differnet but no help either. Can't install dependencies. I don't even >> know >> what else I've tried. I'm out of ideas. >> >> Any help or solution would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help, >> >> Austin >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian-- Dr. Michael A. Rutter Associate Professor of Statistics Academic and Program Coordinator, Mathematics Penn State Erie, The Behrend College 4205 College Drive Erie, PA 16563 http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter mar36 at psu.edu
This issue has been solved. I didn't change to trusty when I updated Ubuntu. I now have the following lines in my /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://cran.utstat.utoronto.ca/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/ and deb http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe I also installed the keys described on http://mirror.las.iastate.edu/CRAN/ but I'm not sure if I needed them or not. Thanks for the help. Austin On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Michael Rutter <mar36 at psu.edu> wrote:> Austin, > > You need to cc r-sig-debian in order to see the replies. I would just do > one wrap-up email so people can see that there was a solution. > > Thanks, > Michael > > On 06/13/2015 05:58 PM, Austin Putz wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> Thanks for the response. I mistakenly had precise in there instead of >> trusty. I'm not sure why I didn't read that part when I updated Ubuntu. >> >> For future reference, can you see my post to Prof Nash? (I just replied) >> Or do I need to cc r-sig-debian every time I reply? >> >> Best regards, >> Austin >> >> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Michael Rutter <mar36 at psu.edu >> <mailto:mar36 at psu.edu>> wrote: >> >> Austin, >> >> I would suggest removing the lines you added to >> /etc/apt/sources.list and try the following: >> >> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter >> # Follow the prompts to add the key >> sudo apt-get update >> sudo apt-get install r-base >> >> That should do the trick. The PPA used above is the one that is >> used to seed the CRAN sites, so the packages are identical. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Michael >> >> >> >> On 06/13/2015 04:21 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: >> >> A possibly silly thought -- Did you "sudo apt-get update" after >> doing >> the "sudo apt-add repository ..." statement? In other installs >> (non-R) >> I've managed to shoot myself that way. >> >> JN >> >> On 15-06-13 04:17 PM, Austin Putz wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I've spent the last 2 days trying to install base R on my >> Ubuntu 14.04 >> LTS >> machine. I even just wiped my entire computer and >> reinstalled the >> operating >> system thinking that was the problem (since some people have >> problems >> updating R). >> >> So far I've tried to follow this link exactly that has >> instructions: >> >> http://mirror.las.iastate.edu/CRAN/ >> >> Since I just reinstalled Ubuntu I figured I would have no >> problems. I was >> just wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them. I >> was >> getting an >> error while doing sudo apt-get update that said: >> >> ....public key not available iastate... NO_PUBKEY >> 51716619E084DAB9 >> >> So I followed that link above and installed the keys (as far >> as I know). >> >> The current error while trying sudo apt-get install r-base >> (not installed >> previously, fresh OS) is: >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Sat Jun 13 : ~ $ sudo apt-get install r-base >> 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 (>= 3.2.0-4precise0) but it >> is not >> going to >> be installed >> Depends: r-recommended (= 3.2.0-4precise0) but >> it is not >> going to >> be installed >> Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to >> be installed >> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> I've tried countless other things and I'm just frustrated >> now from 2 days >> of trying something that should be fairly straightforward (so >> I >> thought...). I have tried installing the "Depends" packages, >> but no >> dice. I >> tried going to Ubuntu Software Center thinking it may do >> something >> differnet but no help either. Can't install dependencies. I >> don't even >> know >> what else I've tried. I'm out of ideas. >> >> Any help or solution would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help, >> >> Austin >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org <mailto:R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Michael A. Rutter >> Associate Professor of Statistics >> Academic and Program Coordinator, Mathematics >> Penn State Erie, The Behrend College >> 4205 College Drive >> Erie, PA 16563 >> http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter >> mar36 at psu.edu <mailto:mar36 at psu.edu> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Austin Putz >> North Carolina State University >> Animal Breeding and Genetics >> Email: putz.austin at gmail.com <mailto:putz.austin at gmail.com> >> > > -- > Dr. Michael A. Rutter > Associate Professor of Statistics > Academic and Program Coordinator, Mathematics > Penn State Erie, The Behrend College > 4205 College Drive > Erie, PA 16563 > http://math.bd.psu.edu/faculty/rutter > mar36 at psu.edu >-- Austin Putz North Carolina State University Animal Breeding and Genetics Email: putz.austin at gmail.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]