> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-sig-debian-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-debian-bounces@r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Ajay Ohri
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 10:50 PM
> To: r-sig-deb...@r-project.org; R list
> Subject: [R-sig-Debian] Debian ?Ubuntu version of latest R using synaptic
> inUbuntu 10.10
> 
> Dear List
> 
> I use synaptic to download R on my Ubuntu 10.10. It seems latest version
> of
> R on Ubuntu is 2.11.1
> 
> Even when I use debian.cran.r-project.org to update my packages the
> problem
> remains (latest versions on CRAN are almost always 2 updates ahead of
> Debian
> packages) This is also true for a lot of other packages as well
> 
> My specific problem is while I can use sudo apt-get to update packages
> from
> Debian repository I get a permission denied when I am trying to update
> from
> CRAN from within R. I am a Linux newbie
> 
> Please help
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ajay
> 

Ajay,

To update from within R, start R using sudo and you should solve your 
permissions problem.  In addition, go to the Linux section of "Download and 
Install R" on CRAN and see the instructions for downloading and installing the 
latest version of R for your version of Ubuntu.  

Hope this is helpful,

Dan

Daniel Nordlund
Bothell, WA USA

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