-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> writes:
> First off, see the R FAQ and the Ubuntu README on CRAN: > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ Dirk, Thanks; that looks promising! > This shows you how you can get current R binaries with just one apt-get > command. With that, you then get to decide if you want the prebuild r-cran-* > packages (as e.g. r-cran-lme4) or whether you want to built them yourself in > R via install.packages(). In which case r-base-dev will be helpful to > install needed packages. I tried that, but using the mirrors at fhcrc and wustl both gave me errors when I tried to install: ,---- | WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! | ess r-base-core r-cran-lattice r-cran-mgcv r-cran-vr r-base r-recommended | r-cran-rodbc r-base-html | Install these packages without verification [y/N]? `---- Is that to be expected? I aborted the process, but, if you say that's normal, I'll try again. > Either way, I have no problems with lme4 etc. or arm, see below. > > Also note that there is a Debian/Ubuntu specific mailing list r-sig-debian > where you may want to subscribe. You are likely to find more focussed help > for Ubuntu there, and we'd be glad to walk you through individual steps. > Welcome to Debian and Ubuntu :) Thanks. I'll sign up shortly. I had used Debian some years ago in a colinux setting, and it's truly fun to compute again now that I'm on Ubuntu. > The following object(s) are masked from package:stats : > > xtabs Ah. So, whatever that means, it must be okay. :-) Bill - -- Bill Harris http://facilitatedsystems.com/weblog/ Facilitated Systems Everett, WA 98208 USA http://facilitatedsystems.com/ phone: +1 425 337-5541 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklMb5UACgkQ3J3HaQTDvd8ZTwCcCiP4gSaEI2eN87kmviY6qVX2 BngAn0hn56BS1fnP445VIifxguUOT4xV =FP2i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.