Install particular version(2.15.2) of r-base on ubuntu

Question

I am newbie to both Ubuntu and R.

I am trying to install R 2.15.2 on ubuntu. Since the latest version of R is 3.0.X, I specified the version in /etc/apt/sources.list

Answer 1

Find the solution.

I need to install like:

sudo apt-get install r-base-core=2.15.3-1precise0precise1
sudo apt-get install r-recommended=2.15.3-1precise0precise1
sudo apt-get install r-doc-html=2.15.3-1precise0precise1
sudo apt-get install r-base=2.15.3-1precise0precise1

Answer 2

Okay so the URL for where the packages are found has changed :^) on the cran.ma site:

Change the debian url to:

deb http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

do an apt-get update and try reinstalling

The complete instructions are on:

http://cran.ma.imperial.ac.uk/bin/linux/ubuntu/