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R installation Ubuntu 18.04 missing dependency libreadline6

8 messages · Rui Barradas, John Kane, Ista Zahn

John Kane
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NOTE. This is a re-post of a message of Saturday 2018-03-03 sent with an incorrect header. 

To upgrade to R.3.5.2 from 3.4.4 I have been following the instructions at https://www.r-bloggers.com/installation-of-r-3-5-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-and-tips-for-spatial-packages/ .

I seem to have the repository properly connected and verified.

I am getting an error: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- john at jonh-T510:~$ sudo apt install r-base r-base-core r-recommended Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: r-base-core : Depends: libreadline6 (>= 6.0) but it is not installable Recommends: r-base-dev but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earlier I was getting another error r-base-core : Depends: libpng12-0 but it is not installable but that was cured by installing libpng12-0 via the Ubuntu Software app.

I cannot find what appears to be an installable version of libreadlines6.

Ubuntu reports that the up-to-date version of libreadlines7.

Should I consider this an R issue or an Ubuntu issue?

In any case, has anyone encountered the problem and beaten it?

Thanks
Rui Barradas
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Hello,

I never installed R on Ubuntu like you did it.
I follow this:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base
sudo apt-get install r-base-dev


And it works at the first try. See [1]
The problems I [always] have are with missing Ubuntu libs needed by 
contributed packages, not with base R.

[1] https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas


?s 11:20 de 03/03/2019, John Kane via R-help escreveu:
John Kane
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Thanks Rui,
Depending on how I try to install I get a different error. I am
starting to think that somehow the Ubuntu installation may be faulty.
I used a ISO that I had burned about a year ago.  I had no problem
then with a shared installation but who knows.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base

results in
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
john at jonh-T510:~$ sudo apt-get install r-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.5.2-1xenial) but it is not going
to be installed
          Depends: r-recommended (= 3.5.2-1xenial) but it is not going
to be installed
          Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I downloaded the R-3.5.2.tar.gz file and tried compiling.
Results
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 checking whether PCRE support suffices... yes
checking for pcre2-config... no
checking for curl-config... no
checking curl/curl.h usability... no
checking curl/curl.h presence... no
checking for curl/curl.h... no
configure: error: libcurl >= 7.22.0 library and headers are required
with support for https
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Symantic seems to feel that libcurs3  7.58.0-2ubuntu2 and
libcurl3-gnutls 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.6 are installed. Maybe I need to
install a few more flavours?
On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 07:33, Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote:

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Hi John,

The official instructions at
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ work on a fresh
ubuntu:bionic from dockerhub. This suggests that the issue is due to
the configuration of your local system rather than with any problem
with either R or ubuntu. My guess is that you've been reading too many
blog posts and adding too many ppa's to your system, which can lead to
package conflicts. Unfortunately in that case it's hard for people to
help you remotely, since we don't know what you've done to your
system.

Best,
Ista

On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 6:20 AM John Kane via R-help

        
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Thanks Ista,
Interestingly enough, I have only one repository as far as I can see. I was a bit amazed.
I think I have a faulty Ubuntu installation and will have to reinstall. What fun
?

        
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, 1:16:52 p.m. EST, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:

        
Hi John,

The official instructions at
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ work on a fresh
ubuntu:bionic from dockerhub. This suggests that the issue is due to
the configuration of your local system rather than with any problem
with either R or ubuntu. My guess is that you've been reading too many
blog posts and adding too many ppa's to your system, which can lead to
package conflicts. Unfortunately in that case it's hard for people to
help you remotely, since we don't know what you've done to your
system.

Best,
Ista

On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 6:20 AM John Kane via R-help

        
<r-help at r-project.org> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Hi John,

This is not the place, but if you post your /etc/apt/sources.list to
r-sig-debian I might be able to help you sort it out.

Best,
Ista

        
On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Will do. Thanks.?

        
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, 3:59:14 p.m. EST, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:

        
Hi John,

This is not the place, but if you post your /etc/apt/sources.list to
r-sig-debian I might be able to help you sort it out.

Best,
Ista

        
On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:08 PM John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

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Cancel my mailing that source.list. to r-sig-debian.
?I took one last look at the sources.list file and realised that I had the same repository repeated. I had read it as being commented out but it was not. Delete one line and I was fine.?
Nothing like blindness! I must have scanned that thing at least 3 or 4 times and totally missed it.??Your offer was gratefully received. I had not realised how often I use R in a day even just as a quick calculator.

Thanks to everyone for the help. I was just about ready to reinstall Ubuntu and not looking forward to 2 or 3 days of installations and customising.?

        
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, 2:08:04 p.m. EST, John Kane <jrkrideau at yahoo.ca> wrote:

        
Thanks Ista,
Interestingly enough, I have only one repository as far as I can see. I was a bit amazed.
I think I have a faulty Ubuntu installation and will have to reinstall. What fun
?

        
On Sunday, March 3, 2019, 1:16:52 p.m. EST, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:

        
Hi John,

The official instructions at
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ work on a fresh
ubuntu:bionic from dockerhub. This suggests that the issue is due to
the configuration of your local system rather than with any problem
with either R or ubuntu. My guess is that you've been reading too many
blog posts and adding too many ppa's to your system, which can lead to
package conflicts. Unfortunately in that case it's hard for people to
help you remotely, since we don't know what you've done to your
system.

Best,
Ista

On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 6:20 AM John Kane via R-help

        
<r-help at r-project.org> wrote: