Ubuntu 12.04 and R 2.15

As Dirk mentioned by default you should get the latest version of R.  To see add (inserting your mirror):

deb http://<my.favorite.cran.mirror>/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

to your /etc/apt/sources.list [don't forge the last 's' in sources] and then

$ sudo apt-get update

Then you can see what version you would install (without actually installing anything) by:

$ apt-get --simulate install r-base


Matt 

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Matthew Brigida
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Hi again.  Thanks for the reply.

What controls the version of R that I get?

I took a look at the link and it looks like the only thing I have control over is the version of Ubuntu placed in the /etc/apt/source.list  file.

So does putting quantal in the source.list file force

apt-get install r-base r-dev-base

to update R to the version of R related to quantal?

Martin.

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