Ubuntu – How to install/upgrade r-base to the latest version

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I am pretty new to Linux. I installed R-base in my Ubuntu 12.04 using the Software Center (which by default is r-2.14). I want to upgrade to/install R 3.02 or newer. How can I do that? Thank you.

Best Answer

You need to add R's repository to your system:

Use your favorite text editor (I'm using gedit as an example) to open /etc/apt/sources.list:
```
sudo -H gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
```
Add this line to the file (if this is slow, use another mirror. You may also want to change precise into the codename for your Ubuntu version --- e.g., trusty for 14.04):
```
 deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/
```
Update the list of packages
```
sudo apt-get update
```
Install the latest R-base (you can also use the software center again):
```
sudo apt-get install r-base
```

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None of the above worked for me so I am copying the answer from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16093331/how-to-install-r-version-3-0

Uninstall old R:

sudo apt-get remove r-base-core

Then:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)/"

Then copy/paste these commands into the command line:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rdev
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install r-base

Which worked for me

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You can easily install gns3 with these commands:

sudo apt install python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtsvg
sudo pip3 install gns3-gui
sudo pip3 install gns3-server

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