I want to install a version of R that is newer than the one in the Ubuntu repos, but older than the most current CRAN version. (How to install/upgrade r-base describes how to install the latest version and I want an older one).
I keep trying but nothing. I downloaded the .deb file but it asks me for a numerous dependencies. Does anyone know any other faster way?
The solution for me was the following script to build R from source:
wget https://cran.rstudio.com/src/base/R-3/R-3.2.2.tar.gz
tar xvf R-3.2.2.tar.gz
cd R-3.2.2
sudo apt-get install gcc
sudo apt-get install fort77
sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo aptitude install g++
sudo aptitude install xorg-dev
sudo aptitude install libreadline-dev
sudo aptitude install gfortran
gfortran --version
./configure
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
java -version
# need to build shared library (--enable-R-shlib)
sudo ./configure --enable-R-shlib # the --enable-R-shlib option is needed for the RStudio IDE to work
sudo make
sudo make install
R --version
