This worked for me the last time I tried it and I'm running Ubuntu 14.04. (Note to self-time to upgrade to 14.10)
Installing or updating R sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev from http://www.personal.psu.edu/mar36/blogs/the_ubuntu_r_blog/installing-r.html John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: bjp...@gmail.com > Sent: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:18:04 -0600 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Noob: How to upgrade from 3.0.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS? > > One of my favorite blogs (AnalyzeCore) uses the dplyr library which fails > in my environment (R 3.0.2.) I've tried upgrading my R package to get > around this issue, to no avail. I know I'm making a simple mistake but > haven't solved it. A simple "$ sudo apt-get install r-base --upgrade" > didn't get the job done. > > How do I upgrade R in a Linux distro? > > Many thanks, > @brianpiercy > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > 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. ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
