Problem Installing R 4.3.3 on Vanilla based Jammy Ubuntu

On Mar 27, 2024, at 4:58?PM, Michael Rutter <marutter at gmail.com> wrote:

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On 3/27/24 13:33, marcoblanchette at icloud.com wrote:
Hi r-sig-debian list, first time posting here!
Something changed with the latest release of the R package for Ubuntu 22.04. When trying to install within a Docker image with base Ubuntu LTS 22.04 (Jammy) using the following Docker file (that I have been using for several years in many projects)  that follows the install step on the CRAN Ubuntu page

Marco,

Clipping a bunch of the output for clarity.  Found the issue, but I am not a Docker expert or regular user, so I am not going to offer a solution.

I found the issue while using a Jaunty image on a M1 Mac.  The problem is that on the Mac, it is looking for ARM packages.  CRAN only has amd64 and i386, which is why r-base (which has architecture: All) is correct, but r-base-core only has the original Jaunty ARM build.  Also explains why my PPA works, as that has ARM builds.

So this appears to be a hardware issue.  Hope this helps.
Michael

$ apt policy r-base
r-base:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.3.3-1.2204.0
  Version table:
     4.3.3-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.3.2-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.3.1-4.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.3.1-3.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.3.1-2.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.3.1-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.3.0-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.3-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.2.20221110-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.2-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.1-3.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.1-2.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.1-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.0-1.2204.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu jammy-cran40/ Packages
     4.1.2-1ubuntu2 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jammy/universe arm64 Packages
Finally, if I change the repos to M. Rutter ppa, it fixes the problem. Here?s a working version of the Dockerfile with the changes
FROM ubuntu:22.04
USER root
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
## INSTALL R
RUN apt update \
  && apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
  software-properties-common \
  dirmngr \
  gnupg2 \
  wget \
  && wget -q -O - https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/marutter_pubkey.asc \
  | tee -a /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cran_ubuntu_key.asc  \
  && add-apt-repository -y "ppa:marutter/rrutter4.0"
RUN apt update -y \
  && apt install -y r-base
If this is the new way of pulling r-base with apt install, the CRAN documentation should be updated but I have a feeling that something basic is broken somewhere that could be easily fixed. I don?t maintain Ubuntu package so this is the extent of my knowledge but I have many deployed pipelines referencing cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu<https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu> that will probably need updated?
Looking forward to solutions.
Marco
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