On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 01:33:34PM +0100, Meenu Chopra wrote: > Thanks to all > > The main problem with ma linux system is that its not able to install any > software using sudo command. > like i used command yum search libX11 , it shown that yum is not installed > and when i use sudo apt-get install yum > its giving error > E: Unable to locate package yum > same problem with all software. > > even when u use sudo apt-get update it shows error like > > W: Failed to fetch > http://old.releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-security/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz > 404 Not Found > > I am not getting whats wrong with my system > > Please help me out
yum is the package manager for Red Hat family systems, like CentOS, Fedora etc. You're using Ubuntu and don't need yum. You should use apt-get, or better aptitude to install packages. Could you try: $ sudo aptitude install r-base in a terminal? Best. E. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
