Re: [R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-14 Thread Alain Guillet
Dear Luigi, You have to modify the /etc/apt/source.list file in order to add a new depot to get a new R version. Everything is explained on the page https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ . Alain On 13/09/16 15:00, Luigi Marongiu wrote: Dear all, I am working on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 an

Re: [R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-14 Thread Jeff Newmiller
No, the default Ubuntu version is behind but that link tells how to properly install the current version using the packaging system, which makes it more easily maintained than a custom compile would be. (Thanks, Dirk, Michael and Vincent!) Anyway, still OT here. -- Sent from my phone. Please e

Re: [R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-13 Thread Loris Bennett
Jeff Newmiller writes: > For this query I would rather recommend [1] as reference, though > Marc's suggestion to switch mailing lists is best. > > [1] https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ But doesn't this merely describe how to install the version of R packaged for his version of Ubuntu?

Re: [R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-13 Thread Jeff Newmiller
For this query I would rather recommend [1] as reference, though Marc's suggestion to switch mailing lists is best. [1] https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/ -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On September 13, 2016 6:44:29 AM PDT, Loris Bennett wrote: >Luigi Marongiu wri

Re: [R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-13 Thread Marc Schwartz
> On Sep 13, 2016, at 8:00 AM, Luigi Marongiu wrote: > > Dear all, > I am working on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 and I have installed R 3.2. I need > to upgrade to R 3.3 and I tried several options available online with > no success. I downloaded the tar.gz file for R 3.3 and I would like to > ask how ca

Re: [R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-13 Thread Loris Bennett
Luigi Marongiu writes: > Dear all, > I am working on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 and I have installed R 3.2. I need > to upgrade to R 3.3 and I tried several options available online with > no success. I downloaded the tar.gz file for R 3.3 and I would like to > ask how can I use this file in order to acc

[R] Upgrade R 3.2 to 3.3 using tar.gz file on Ubuntu 16.04

2016-09-13 Thread Luigi Marongiu
Dear all, I am working on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 and I have installed R 3.2. I need to upgrade to R 3.3 and I tried several options available online with no success. I downloaded the tar.gz file for R 3.3 and I would like to ask how can I use this file in order to accomplish the upgrade. Many thanks, L