Installing R statistics system on 16.04 LTS from Ubuntu repo or CRAN repo?
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I have been reading up about how to install the R statistics system on Ubuntu (16.04 LTS).
R is in the Ubuntu repositories (as are many CRAN packages), but quite a lot of documentation and answers seem to recommend installing from the CRAN repos instead?
I realise that the versions in the Ubuntu repo are likely to be somewhat older, but does it contain most/all of the additional CRAN R packages, and I would only really need to use the CRAN repo if there is genuine need for newer packages, or should I just add the CRAN repo to our system anyway?
(My instinct is always to try to minimise variations from the standard Ubuntu packages wherever possible, but I suppose this is rather more of a concern in practice when installing individual third-party .deb packages than adding a (hopefully) well-organised and managed repo?)
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I have been reading up about how to install the R statistics system on Ubuntu (16.04 LTS).
R is in the Ubuntu repositories (as are many CRAN packages), but quite a lot of documentation and answers seem to recommend installing from the CRAN repos instead?
I realise that the versions in the Ubuntu repo are likely to be somewhat older, but does it contain most/all of the additional CRAN R packages, and I would only really need to use the CRAN repo if there is genuine need for newer packages, or should I just add the CRAN repo to our system anyway?
(My instinct is always to try to minimise variations from the standard Ubuntu packages wherever possible, but I suppose this is rather more of a concern in practice when installing individual third-party .deb packages than adding a (hopefully) well-organised and managed repo?)
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I have been reading up about how to install the R statistics system on Ubuntu (16.04 LTS).
R is in the Ubuntu repositories (as are many CRAN packages), but quite a lot of documentation and answers seem to recommend installing from the CRAN repos instead?
I realise that the versions in the Ubuntu repo are likely to be somewhat older, but does it contain most/all of the additional CRAN R packages, and I would only really need to use the CRAN repo if there is genuine need for newer packages, or should I just add the CRAN repo to our system anyway?
(My instinct is always to try to minimise variations from the standard Ubuntu packages wherever possible, but I suppose this is rather more of a concern in practice when installing individual third-party .deb packages than adding a (hopefully) well-organised and managed repo?)
16.04 repository lts r
asked Mar 22 at 12:41
dave559
61
I have been reading up about how to install the R statistics system on Ubuntu (16.04 LTS).
R is in the Ubuntu repositories (as are many CRAN packages), but quite a lot of documentation and answers seem to recommend installing from the CRAN repos instead?
I realise that the versions in the Ubuntu repo are likely to be somewhat older, but does it contain most/all of the additional CRAN R packages, and I would only really need to use the CRAN repo if there is genuine need for newer packages, or should I just add the CRAN repo to our system anyway?
(My instinct is always to try to minimise variations from the standard Ubuntu packages wherever possible, but I suppose this is rather more of a concern in practice when installing individual third-party .deb packages than adding a (hopefully) well-organised and managed repo?)
16.04 repository lts r
16.04 repository lts r
asked Mar 22 at 12:41
dave559
61
asked Mar 22 at 12:41
dave559
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asked Mar 22 at 12:41
dave559
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asked Mar 22 at 12:41
dave559
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asked Mar 22 at 12:41
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61
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