Help with R Installation on Debian 2.2.19 (old stable/potato)

Shashank Bhide writes:

Hi all,
   I hope this is the correct list to post such a question.
I was trying to install the R-project on Debian and encountered 
significant problems with the same.
  The main problem is the installation of the libc6 package. I need this 
package in order to install the R-core package. However, the libc6 is 
dependent on the libdb1-compat package, which just refuses to install on 
my server.
  I tried to install it yesterday and it ended up crashing my system and 
messing up the old Apache. Does anyone have a procedure to install 
R-project on Debian linux?
The libdb1-compat package version is 2.1.3-7 and the libc6 is 2.3.1-17
Please advise,

one way is to add the following line (for woody as an ex.)
"deb http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian woody main"
to your "/etc/apt/sources.list" and use apt-get install r-base .. .etc.

TIA
Shashank 

Shashank Bhide
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I have avoided crossing Debian versions 
(eg, installing woody packages over a Debian potato distribution) 
unless I do a full upgrade to, eg, woody.
However, R was and is available for the Debian potato version, 
but it is version 0.90.
If you would be satisfied with that version, and I got good use out of
that version, and even out of the earlier version 0.61,
try an ordinary Debian package insallation with "apt".
   apt-get update	#updates available Debian packages
   apt-get install   r-base
This adds any necessary libraries, but only libraries consistent
with the Debian potato version.
It presumes you already have a working  /etc/apt/sources.list , eg, with a line like
   deb http://debian.rutgers.edu   potato   main contrib non-free

Alternatively, you can get this potato package directly at
   http://debian.rutgers.edu/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/math/
looking for packages beginning with  "r-".
For example, you could
   cd /tmp
   wget  http://debian.rutgers.edu/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/math/r-base_0.90.1-2.deb
   dpkg -i  r-base_0.90.1-2.deb


In the next version of Debian, woody, all the following package names are available,
but not in potato. 
You should be able to install (dpkg -i package-name.deb) 
documentation packages like  "r-doc-pdf" from
later Debian versions into you potato version,
but you can also get that documentation directly from R's webpages.
   * r-gnome         Gnome gui for statistical computing system
     r-mathlib       standalone mathematics library
     r-recommended   collection of recommended packages
     r-base-dev      installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
     r-base-html     html docs for statistical computing system functions
     r-base-latex    LaTeX docs for statistical computing system functions
     r-doc-html      html manuals for statistical computing system
     r-doc-info      info manuals statistical computing system
     r-doc-pdf       pdf manuals for statistical computing system

Hi all,
   I hope this is the correct list to post such a question.
I was trying to install the R-project on Debian and encountered significant 
problems with the same.
  The main problem is the installation of the libc6 package. I need this 
package in order to install the R-core package. However, the libc6 is 
dependent on the libdb1-compat package, which just refuses to install on my 
server.
  I tried to install it yesterday and it ended up crashing my system and 
messing up the old Apache. Does anyone have a procedure to install 
R-project on Debian linux?
The libdb1-compat package version is 2.1.3-7 and the libc6 is 2.3.1-17

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I have avoided crossing Debian versions 
(eg, installing woody packages over a Debian potato distribution) 

Countless users have done that with success. It all depends on your comfort
level with your Debian system as you need some modest amount of knowledge to
know how and when you can do this.  The apt-get program "formally" supports
it, though I am not too sure if the one woody does.

But as suggested, there is a Debian "woody" repository of R on CRAN too. 

Hth, Dirk

Sorry for replying late to your mail, but I have been been away 
    from home and email for about ten days and am slowly catching up.