Update R in Ubuntu

[tijahbus]

How does one update/upgrade an existing version of R to a newer
version in Ubuntu ?

[A. Mani]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:06 AM, tijahbus <tija...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How does one update/upgrade an existing version of R to a newer
> version in Ubuntu ?
>

The usual way is to follow the package manager.

Newer packages may be found at the R sites.. for that the apt-source
lines will need to be added.
(But it does not make a difference usually).
e.g.

deb http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu//bin/linux/ubuntu oneiric

otherwise you can always compile from source.

Best

A. Mani

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[Mohan L]

otherwise you can always compile from source.

Yes. It is good to compile from source. So that you will have latest version of R. I personally like compiling from source.

Thanks & Rg
Mohan L   

[kamakshaiah m]

some time before I also found instructions on R Project how to upgrade R for Windows. See whether it works in Ubuntu. I don't think it is so difficult.

http://www.r-project.org/

Regards

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:06 AM, tijahbus <tija...@gmail.com> wrote:

How does one update/upgrade an existing version of R to a newer
version in Ubuntu ?

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[A. Mani]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:53 AM, kamakshaiah m <kamaks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> some time before I also found instructions on R Project how to upgrade R for
> Windows. See whether it works in Ubuntu. I don't think it is so difficult.
>
> http://www.r-project.org/
>

Please do not TOP POST.

Read my mail... that is how it is done in *buntu
(We use Synaptic, or 'Software Center' or apt-get for installing
things directly from repositories )

[Subhajit Dutta]

Thanks everyone, I downloaded the file in .tar.gz format, and installed it. 

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[A. Mani]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Subhajit Dutta <tija...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks everyone, I downloaded the file in .tar.gz format, and installed it.
>

You should use "R CMD INSTALL" only when the package is beta or is
not available via
"install.packages( )"

[kamakshaiah m]

What do you mean TOP POST?

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:54 PM, A. Mani <a.man...@gmail.com> wrote:

[A. Mani]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:16 AM, kamakshaiah m <kamaks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you mean TOP POST?
>

See e.g.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style

http://www.ilug-cal.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=64

http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/etiquette.php#e2

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

Best

A. Mani