Dear Christophe, Yes. It was helpful indeed. The four steps you outlined successfully helped me to install the newest version of R. I have been fiddling with this for days and I am quite grateful to all who contributed. I formally posted to r-help@r-project.org before somebody suggested posting to r-sig-deb...@r-project.org. Best regards Ogbos
2011/5/31 Christophe Bonenfant <christophe.bonenf...@univ-lyon1.fr> > Hi Ogbos, > > I think you made a little mistake when adding the CRAN repository in your > source list. The right spelling is: > > > deb http://cran.ru.ac.za/bin/linux/ubuntu lucid/ > > (you have an extra space between ac.za/ and bin/linux > > Try to edit the source file: > > sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list > > correct the line and then quit and save: ctrl+X > > then: > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade > sudo apt-get install r-base > > and you are done, hopefully. > > Hope this helps. > > Christophe > > Le 31/05/2011 10:07, ogbos okike a écrit : > >> Hello, >> I recently install ubuntus 10.04 LTS on my desktop. My target is to >> install >> R from package manager as I learn that that will easier for me. I got the >> "SECURE APT" from Micheal yesterday and successfully installed that. >> >> However, I am unable to update my system successfully or to install R >> using >> sudo apt-get update. When I clicked check on the update manager, Many >> packages where downloaded and updated but one error persisted: >> >> "Failed to fetch >> >> http://cran.ru.ac.za/dists/bin/linux/ubuntu/lucid//binary-amd64/Packages.gz >> 404 Not Found >> Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones >> used instead." >> >> The same error occurred when I tried to install R using sudo apt-get >> update. >> >> >> Since I am in South Africa, the cran mirror I added in my source.list is >> :deb http://cran.ru.ac.za/ bin/linux/ubuntu lucid/ >> >> I am trying this for the first time and will be greatly obliged if I am >> help >> out. >> Best regards >> Ogbos >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Debian mailing list >> r-sig-deb...@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian >> >> > -- > ________________________________________________________ > > UMR CNRS 5558, > Laboratoire Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive > Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1 > 43, boulevard du 11 novembre 1918 > 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex > FRANCE \\\ > ( "> > Phone : (+33) 4 72 44 81 11 )( > Fax: (+33) 4 72 43 13 88 // ) > --//""-- > > http://lbbe.univ-lyon1.fr/-Bonenfant-Christophe-.html > ________________________________________________________ > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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