Thanks for this. I have downloaded the r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb file and placed in /var/cache/apt/archives Next I ran below code in Ubuntu sudo apt-get install -f /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb But this is failing with below message - E: Unsupported file /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb given on commandline Could you please help resolve this? On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:> > > On 17 October 2019 at 16:34, Christofer Bogaso wrote: > | I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose, > | direct internet connection is blocked. > | > | So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that machine? > > It is an old, and solved problem. It has come up on StackOverflow a few times > before as well. Here is a (nearly) ten-year old answer of mine: > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419268/how-do-i-download-a-package-from-apt-get-without-installing-it/4419282#4419282 > > You want one of those solutions -- and I am sure there are newer ones, so > maybe try searching on askubuntu.com as well -- as it will pull needed > dependencies in for you as well. > > | I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could > | scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that > | Ubuntu server. > | > | But when I reached to > | https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed > | to identify any deb file. > | > | Could you shed some light on this? > > a) Don't use a per-institution server. The edge-of-cloud CDN ones are > generally as good or faster _irrespective of your location_ and hence better > for others. So https://cloud.r-project.org is better > > b) Copying and pasting from http://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/ > > [....] > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb 2019-07-26 13:54 24M > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_i386.deb 2019-07-26 14:09 24M > [....] > > Dirk > > -- > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org
On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 at 08:31, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:> Thanks for this. > > I have downloaded the r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb file and > placed in /var/cache/apt/archives > > Next I ran below code in Ubuntu > > sudo apt-get install -f /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb > > But this is failing with below message - > E: Unsupported file /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb given on > commandline > > Could you please help resolve this? >Use "dpkg". For details of Debian/Ubuntu package management, see: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html Ubuntu provides the Debian Reference Manual as a package.> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote: > > > > > > On 17 October 2019 at 16:34, Christofer Bogaso wrote: > > | I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose, > > | direct internet connection is blocked. > > | > > | So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that > machine? > > > > It is an old, and solved problem. It has come up on StackOverflow a few > times > > before as well. Here is a (nearly) ten-year old answer of mine: > > > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419268/how-do-i-download-a-package-from-apt-get-without-installing-it/4419282#4419282 > > > > You want one of those solutions -- and I am sure there are newer ones, so > > maybe try searching on askubuntu.com as well -- as it will pull needed > > dependencies in for you as well. > > > > | I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could > > | scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that > > | Ubuntu server. > > | > > | But when I reached to > > | https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed > > | to identify any deb file. > > | > > | Could you shed some light on this? > > > > a) Don't use a per-institution server. The edge-of-cloud CDN ones are > > generally as good or faster _irrespective of your location_ and hence > better > > for others. So https://cloud.r-project.org is better > > > > b) Copying and pasting from > http://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/ > > > > [....] > > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb 2019-07-26 13:54 > 24M > > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_i386.deb 2019-07-26 14:09 > 24M > > [....] > > > > Dirk > > > > -- > > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >-- George N. White III [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Thanks George! It helps. Regards, On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 6:38 PM George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com> wrote:> > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 at 08:31, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for this. >> >> I have downloaded the r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb file and >> placed in /var/cache/apt/archives >> >> Next I ran below code in Ubuntu >> >> sudo apt-get install -f /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb >> >> But this is failing with below message - >> E: Unsupported file /var/cache/apt/archives/r-base-core.deb given on commandline >> >> Could you please help resolve this? > > > Use "dpkg". For details of Debian/Ubuntu package management, see: > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html > > Ubuntu provides the Debian Reference Manual as a package. > >> >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 17 October 2019 at 16:34, Christofer Bogaso wrote: >> > | I have an Ubuntu server hosted in the cloud, but for security purpose, >> > | direct internet connection is blocked. >> > | >> > | So my question is under this scenario how can I install R in that machine? >> > >> > It is an old, and solved problem. It has come up on StackOverflow a few times >> > before as well. Here is a (nearly) ten-year old answer of mine: >> > >> > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4419268/how-do-i-download-a-package-from-apt-get-without-installing-it/4419282#4419282 >> > >> > You want one of those solutions -- and I am sure there are newer ones, so >> > maybe try searching on askubuntu.com as well -- as it will pull needed >> > dependencies in for you as well. >> > >> > | I was wondering if I could have some .deb file available then I could >> > | scp that .deb file from my local computer (this has internet) to that >> > | Ubuntu server. >> > | >> > | But when I reached to >> > | https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/, I failed >> > | to identify any deb file. >> > | >> > | Could you shed some light on this? >> > >> > a) Don't use a per-institution server. The edge-of-cloud CDN ones are >> > generally as good or faster _irrespective of your location_ and hence better >> > for others. So https://cloud.r-project.org is better >> > >> > b) Copying and pasting from http://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/disco-cran35/ >> > >> > [....] >> > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_amd64.deb 2019-07-26 13:54 24M >> > r-base-core_3.6.1-3disco_i386.deb 2019-07-26 14:09 24M >> > [....] >> > >> > Dirk >> > >> > -- >> > http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> R-SIG-Debian at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > > > > -- > George N. White III >