R Base installation not working

| I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and have tried to download R-base with the
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Seriously?

Dirk


| following command:
| 
| sudo apt-get install r-base
| 
| and the following happens:
| 
| Reading package lists... Done
| Building dependency tree
| Reading state information... Done
| Package r-base is not available, but is referred to by another package.
| This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
| is only available from another source
| E: Package r-base has no installation candidate
| 
| How do I get around this?
| 
| On 15 August 2015 at 15:54, Marius Barnsley <mariusbarnsley at gmail.com>

| 
| > I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and have tried to download R-base with the
| > following command:
| >
| > sudo apt-get install r-base
| >
| > and the following happens:
| >
| > Reading package lists... Done
| > Building dependency tree
| > Reading state information... Done
| > Package r-base is not available, but is referred to by another package.
| > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
| > is only available from another source
| > E: Package r-base has no installation candidate
| >
| > How do I get around this?
| >
| > --
| > Regards,
| >
| > *Marius Barnsley*
| > E: mariusbarnsley at gmail.com
| >
| 
| 
| 
| -- 
| Regards,
| 
| *Marius Barnsley*
| T: +61 (0) 466 970 513
| E: mariusbarnsley at gmail.com
| 
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