R released an upgrade to version 4.0 about two weeks ago. I am trying to update R on my ubuntu 18.04 work station (sudo apt install r-base), but I am told that "r-base is already the newest version (3.6.3-1bionic)". But that isn't the newest version. How can I get the installer for R 4.0? Larry Hunsicker
In response to N0rbert's request:
larry@VUbuntu15:~$ apt-cache policy r-base-dev r-base-dev: Installed: (none) Candidate: 4.0.0-1.2004.0 Version table: 4.0.0-1.2004.0 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/ Packages 3.6.3-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.2-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.1-3bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.1-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.0-2bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.0-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.3-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.2-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.1-2bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.1-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.0-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages larry@VUbuntu15:~$ grep -r r-project /etc/apt --include="*.list" /etc/apt/sources.list:deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ /etc/apt/sources.list:deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu focal-cran40/
apt-cache policy r-base-dev
andgrep -r r-project /etc/apt --include="*.list"
- add it to the question.