Hello, I'm trying to install R version 3.4 in Ubuntu 16.04 by following the instructions here: https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html First, I added the line 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu xenial/' to sources.list. Next I ran the following command: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9 This seemed to work fine. But when I then ran sudo apt-get update, I got the following output (I'm omitting earlier lines that looked okay): Err:7 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu xenial/ Packages 404 Not Found Ign:8 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu xenial/ Translation-en_US Ign:9 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu xenial/ Translation-en Fetched 323 kB in 2s (116 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: The repository 'https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu xenial/ Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. E: Failed to fetch https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu/xenial/Packages 404 Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. If I then run sudo apt-get install r-base, the version that gets installed is 3.2.3. Can someone give me pointers on what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks very much, Jason Murcko
Problem installing R 3.4 in Ubuntu 16.04
2 messages · Jason Murcko, Michael Rutter
Jason,
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 4:01 PM Jason Murcko <jmurcko at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, I'm trying to install R version 3.4 in Ubuntu 16.04 by following the instructions here: https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html First, I added the line 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubunutu xenial/' to sources.list.
You have an extra "u" in "ubuntu". I have done this myself from time to time, and the best way to check is to paste the URL into a browser. You should see a directory tree with all the distributions. If you don't, you have a typo. Michael