I just switched from Mac to Linux, so while I have a basic understanding of Linux structure, there are still some things Im trying to clear up. This is one of them.
I have tried multiple ways (referencing multiple forum posts) to install the latest version of R (3.2.1 “World-Famous Astronaut”) on Linux Mint 17.1 (MATE).
I tried different sources lists, the most recent being:
deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian wheezy-cran3/
but when I call:
apt-cache showpkg r-base-dev
with each of the ones I try, I always get:
3.0.2-1ubuntu1
as the most recent one available.
Also, my sources.list only contains that above deb, so I do not think its a /etc/apt/preferences/ issue.
Has anyone been able to install 3.2.1 on Linux Mint?
Thanks in advance!
- Tom
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Answer
Ok, I figured it out. Thanks for all the help! I will post an answer here for anyone else trying to figure this out:
First I ran:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
to get into my sources.list. To that I added:
deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian wheezy-cran3/
and then added the key: (thanks Dirk for the suggestion):
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 381BA480 sudo apt-get update
then when I ran:
apt-cache showpkg r-base-dev
to see the available packages. The top one was:
Package: r-base-dev Versions: 3.2.1-1~wheezycran3.0(/var/lib/apt/lists/cran.rstudio.com_bin_linux_debian_wheezy-cran3_Packages)
so, finally I ran:
sudo apt-get install -f r-base=3.2.1-1~wheezycran3.0
which worked great!