Dear list,[1]I use a current and continuously updated Linux
distribution (Kubuntu, 14.XY < LTS < 15.10) and since not so long I
decided to
venture into R statistical programming by means of an editor suitable
for KDE called "rkward"; the R version installed on that Linux machine
is version 3.0.2.[2]I experienced problems concerning the installation
of R packages and R packages' updates as well as editor updates (you
don't
have to worry to deal with the latter as I have still to contact the
"rkward" team on that issue) lately. [3]My most important problem by
now is that I
apparently were using one mirror (a "https://" mirror of a University
in my home country) too often and that grew into a problem in so far as
package updates via my GUI of choice ("rkward") are now not possible
anymore.[4]Do you know a way/ ways out? I especially contact you because Kubuntu
is a Debian flavour so that an answer (or hint) to the problem('s
resolution) presented in [3] could perhaps require knowledge that would exceed
that of a "helping hand's" abilities.Best regards,Markus
Hofstetter
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On 01/04/2016 01:25 PM, klerer at sxmail.de wrote:> Dear list,[1]I use a current and continuously updated Linux > distribution (Kubuntu, 14.XY < LTS < 15.10) and since not so long I decided to > venture into R statistical programming by means of an editor suitable > for KDE called "rkward"; the R version installed on that Linux machine > is version 3.0.2.[2]I experienced problems concerning the installation > of R packages and R packages' updates as well as editor updates (you don't > have to worry to deal with the latter as I have still to contact the > "rkward" team on that issue) lately. [3]My most important problem by now is that I > apparently were using one mirror (a "https://" mirror of a University > in my home country) too often and that grew into a problem in so far as > package updates via my GUI of choice ("rkward") are now not possible anymore.[4]Do you know a way/ ways out? I especially contact you because Kubuntu is a Debian flavour so that an answer (or hint) to the problem('s resolution) presented in [3] could perhaps require knowledge that would exceed that of a "helping hand's" abilities.Best regards,Markus HofstetterMarkus, My suggestion would be to use the following series of PPA's to keep up-to date on the packages: Base R: https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/ubuntu/rrutter Additional Packages: https://launchpad.net/~marutter/+archive/ubuntu/c2d4u RKWard: https://launchpad.net/~rkward-devel/+archive/ubuntu/rkward-stable-cran If you install those PPA's and then install packages as you would a regular Ubuntu package (apt-get, for example) then all will be updated automatically. Michael> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >
Markus,
First off, there is no tax or fee on spaces or newlines.
Your email would be a lot more readable if you inserted some breaks.
On 4 January 2016 at 19:25, klerer at sxmail.de wrote:
| Dear list,[1]I use a current and continuously updated Linux
| distribution (Kubuntu, 14.XY < LTS < 15.10) and since not so long I
decided to
| venture into R statistical programming by means of an editor suitable
| for KDE called "rkward"; the R version installed on that Linux
machine
| is version 3.0.2.[2]I experienced problems concerning the installation
| of R packages and R packages' updates as well as editor updates (you
don't
| have to worry to deal with the latter as I have still to contact the
| "rkward" team on that issue) lately. [3]My most important problem by
now is that I
| apparently were using one mirror (a "https://" mirror of a
University
| in my home country) too often and that grew into a problem in so far as
| package updates via my GUI of choice ("rkward") are now not possible
anymore.[4]Do you know a way/ ways out? I especially contact you because Kubuntu
is a Debian flavour so that an answer (or hint) to the problem('s
resolution) presented in [3] could perhaps require knowledge that would exceed
that of a "helping hand's" abilities.Best regards,Markus
Hofstetter
You could try contacting the rkward team and see if
- someone has backported the current version to your Ubuntu release
- can lend you hand otherwise
In open source land, the usual recommendation is to start from the source so
maybe just maybe you have to consider building it locally. I also had some
luck with having Ubuntu/Canonical build packages for me via http://launchpad.net
but it helps if you already know the basic of packaging...
Dirk
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