R install problems

r-install

Suggested the solution provided here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/435232/install-older-version-of-software-and-dependencies/435256?noredirect=1#435256

# It appears that 3.0.3 is still installed even though I requested 3.0.2


root@SRyvolaVM:~# apt-get remove r-base r-recommended
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  r-cran-foreign r-cran-cluster libxfixes3 libxcomposite1 libjpeg-turbo8-dev r-cran-kernsmooth libxxf86dga1
  gfortran-4.6 libjpeg-turbo8 r-cran-rpart libjpeg8 libblas-dev libxml-parser-perl x11-utils ttf-dejavu-core
  r-cran-mass unzip r-cran-mgcv r-cran-spatial libxxf86vm1 xterm libgl1-mesa-dri libxcb-glx0 libgl1-mesa-glx
  libncurses5-dev r-base-dev libcairo2 libx11-xcb1 libglapi-mesa r-cran-lattice r-cran-nlme liblapack3gf
  libfile-desktopentry-perl r-doc-html r-cran-nnet libthai-data cdbs libreadline6-dev libpcrecpp0 libdatrie1
  fontconfig intltool r-cran-class liblapack-dev xbitmaps libtinfo-dev libpixman-1-0 r-base-core libxaw7
  libxinerama1 libjpeg-dev python-scour libxft2 fontconfig-config libfile-basedir-perl gfortran libice6
  x11-xserver-utils r-cran-survival libthai0 zlib1g-dev libxmu6 libxpm4 xdg-utils libxrender1 r-cran-boot libblas3gf
  libxss1 tcl8.5 libtiff4 libfontenc1 libjpeg8-dev libxtst6 libutempter0 zip tk8.5 x11-common libfile-mimeinfo-perl
  libgfortran3 libpcre3-dev libfontconfig1 dh-translations r-cran-codetools libpango1.0-0 libsm6 r-base-html
  libxdamage1 libxcb-render0 libpaper-utils libxi6 libxcb-shape0 libxcursor1 libxcb-shm0 libxt6 libxv1 libxrandr2
  r-cran-matrix libbz2-dev libpaper1 libllvm3.0 libreadline-dev libpng12-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  r-base r-recommended
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 65 not upgraded.
After this operation, 116 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 85%
(Reading database ... 60995 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing r-base ...
Removing r-recommended ...
root@SRyvolaVM:~#
root@SRyvolaVM:~#
root@SRyvolaVM:~# apt-get clean
root@SRyvolaVM:~# apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done


root@SRyvolaVM:~# apt-get install r-base=3.0.2-1precise0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 r-base : Depends: r-recommended (= 3.0.2-1precise0) but 3.0.3-1precise0 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


> I tried installing r-recommended before r-base

root@SRyvolaVM:~# apt-get install r-recommended=3.0.2-1precise0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  r-recommended
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 65 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,672 B of archives.
After this operation, 42.0 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  r-recommended
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/ precise/ r-recommended 3.0.2-1precise0 [2,672 B]
Fetched 2,672 B in 0s (31.7 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package r-recommended.
(Reading database ... 60989 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking r-recommended (from .../r-recommended_3.0.2-1precise0_all.deb) ...
Setting up r-recommended (3.0.2-1precise0) ...


root@SRyvolaVM:~# apt-get install r-base=3.0.2-1precise0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  ess r-doc-info r-doc-pdf
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  r-base
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 66 not upgraded.
Need to get 38.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 73.7 kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  r-base
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/ubuntu/ precise/ r-base 3.0.2-1precise0 [38.3 kB]
Fetched 38.3 kB in 0s (1,842 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package r-base.
(Reading database ... 60991 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking r-base (from .../r-base_3.0.2-1precise0_all.deb) ...
Setting up r-base (3.0.2-1precise0) ...

Yet when I run R, it shows R is still 3.0.3 


root@SRyvolaVM:~# R

R version 3.0.3 (2014-03-06) -- "Warm Puppy"
...


Checking dpkg -l shows that 3.0.2 is installed

dpkg -l r-base
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                    Version                 Description
+++-=======================-=======================-==============================================================
ii  r-base                  3.0.2-1precise0         GNU R statistical computation and graphics system



which R
/usr/bin/R

Figured it out, had to downgrade all packages

apt-get install r-core-base=3.0.2-1precise0
apt-get install r-recommended=3.0.2-1precise0
apt-get install r-core=3.0.2-1precise0