Cannot install R 4.3 (SOLVED)

[venik212]

I need to use R 4.3 (previous versions do not do what I want). I have no problem doing it in Windows, but on the same machine running mx 21.3 I failed miserably, due to some key issues. Here is what I did:
in the terminal, I typed:
sudo echo "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian bullseye-cran43/" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
Then:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 'E19F5F87128899B192B1A2C2AD5F960A256A04AF'
and I got:
Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)).
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.byl5JNCrxA/gpg.1.sh --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key E19F5F87128899B192B1A2C2AD5F960A256A04AF
gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure

In short, I am stuck. Can anyone shed light on this? I tried to fix GPG keys, but that did not help.

Do I have to crawl back to Windows?

[Eadwine Rose]

Please post your Quick System Info using Copy for forum, thanks.

[Jerry3904]

Well it's in Debian sid (experimental) but won't install on MX-21 without luck and a lot of work.

It comes much closer in MX-23, however, which is about to come out as a beta. It's possible that those two problems I see could be fixed for that platform if you make a package request. No guarantee.

[fehlix]

I need to use R 4.3 (previous versions do not do what I want). I have no problem doing it in Windows, but on the same machine running mx 21.3 I failed miserably, due to some key issues. Here is what I did:
in the terminal, I typed:

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sudo echo "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian bullseye-cran43/" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

You may have your reason to have typted what you have shown.
Suggest, use the deb-line as provided installation instructions on their website:
and use:

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deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian bullseye-cran40/ 

now run

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sudo apt update

next
run : MX Fix Gpg Keys.
followed again by

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sudo apt update

Now check:

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apt policy r-base
r-base:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.3.0-1~bullseyecran.0
  Version table:
     4.3.0-1~bullseyecran.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian bullseye-cran40/ Packages
     4.2.3-1~bullseyecran.0 500
        500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian bullseye-cran40/ Packages
     4.0.4-1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main i386 Packages

[venik212]

Fehlix: I tried your version, using cran40, but it still gagged on the key. I must be doing something different from what you are doing, sadly.
As requested, here is my Quick Info.
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Snapshot created on: 20221126_0604
System:    Kernel: 6.1.0-7mx-ahs-amd64 [6.1.20-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-7mx-ahs-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower November 26  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 13 9310 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0MRT12 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 3.13.1 date: 02/20/2023 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.8 Wh (62.9%) condition: 47.4/51.0 Wh (93.0%) volts: 7.7 min: 7.6 
           model: BYD DELL FP86V09 type: Li-poly serial: <filter> status: Not charging 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
           arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: A6 cache: 
           L2: 12 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 47923 
           Speed: 939 MHz min/max: 400/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 939 2: 485 3: 1201 4: 3000 
           5: 1200 6: 1209 7: 483 8: 1210 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6:3 
           chip-ID: 0c45:672a class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5") 
           s-diag: 599mm (23.6") 
           Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 169 size: 288x180mm (11.3x7.1") 
           diag: 340mm (13.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl 
           bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0401 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.1.0-7mx-ahs-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm QCA6390 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Rivet Networks 
           driver: ath11k_pci v: kernel port: efa0 bus-ID: 72:00.0 chip-ID: 17cb:1101 
           class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 2.1 TiB used: 360.52 GiB (16.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 model: FE4S5 size: 238.75 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data. 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: KIOXIA model: KXG60PNV2T04 NVMe 2048GB 
           size: 1.86 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 10704104 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 949.97 GiB size: 933.99 GiB (98.32%) used: 253.48 GiB (27.1%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 86.2 MiB (89.8%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 10 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: 42.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0 
Repos:     Packages: 2563 note: see --pkg apt: 2557 lib: 1126 flatpak: 6 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.karneval.cz/pub/linux/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/surfshark.list 
           1: deb https://ocean.surfshark.com/debian stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Info:      Processes: 337 Uptime: 1d 20m wakeups: 10531 Memory: 31.06 GiB used: 5.67 GiB (18.3%) 
           Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

[fehlix]

Fehlix: I tried your version, using cran40, but it still gagged on the key. I am doing something different from what you are doing, sadly.

Hmme, I'm not a mind reader, so in case some thing is not working. Give details.
In this case: you btter list each step in detail, what you have done, including any error message.

Also the information you gave is kind of "confusing",
look here:
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Repos:     Packages: 2563 note: see --pkg apt: 2557 lib: 1126 flatpak: 6 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.karneval.cz/pub/linux/mxlinux-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/surfshark.list 
           1: deb https://ocean.surfshark.com/debian stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
Boot Mode: UEFI

No r-preject repo is listed, but you also said " it still gagged on the key".
Kind of inconsistent information you gave. What key would have an issue, if the repo in question was not enabled?

[venik212]

Einstein supposedly said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly while expecting different results. I am, therefore, insane, since I just repeated your suggestion AGAIN, and this time it went through without a hitch, and I now am running R 4.3.0.
Thank you-- it has been a great help.