Installation of R 3.5.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Question

R 3.5.0 was released on April 25, 2018. I'm trying to install R 3.5.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I tried the following code

echo "deb http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu `lsb_release -sc`/" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cran.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt update
sudo apt install r-base

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
r-base is already the newest version (3.4.4-1ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Wonder how to get install R 3.5.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Try https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-r-on-ubuntu-18-04/ for the latest version of R — Joseph Kigotho, Oct 24 '19 at 08:18

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '18 at 04:13

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You can always compile from source, if there is not a binary. For compilation instructions you can see: https://www.r-bloggers.com/installing-r-on-ubuntu/

answered Jun 02 '18 at 04:13

Daniel Doctor

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this is more appropriate as comment – user1506104 Jun 02 '18 at 04:19
Thanks! It's my first response on the site, I'll take your advice – Daniel Doctor Jun 02 '18 at 04:27
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+1 Even though it is a simple, it is correct to use an answer and not a comment. After all, compiling from source is a valid way of installing R. – Ralf Stubner Jun 02 '18 at 07:04

Installation of R 3.5.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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