Current Ubuntu version of R is old

[Derek Broughton]

Thilo Six wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote the following on 03.12.2007 17:11
> 
> </snip>
> 
>>> deb http://probability.ca/cran/bin/linux/ubuntu gutsy/
> 
> </snip>
> 
>> No, it won't.  Gutsy has 2.5.1 and he wants 2.6
> 
> # apt-cache policy r-base
> r-base:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 2.6.1-1gutsy0
>   Version table:
>      2.6.1-1gutsy0 0
>         500 http://probability.ca gutsy/ Packages
> 
> 
> http://probability.ca/cran/bin/linux/ubuntu/
> 
Well, isn't that odd:
$ apt-cache policy r-base
r-base:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.5.1-1
  Version table:
     2.5.1-1 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages

On second thoughts it isn't odd - you've got a nice dedicated R (or at least
statistics) site, rather than an Ubuntu repository.  That's what I told him
to look for in the first place.  So I stand by my statement that he won't
get what he wants from gutsy.
-- 
derek