R 3.5.0 not working on Ubuntu 18.04












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I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my testbed laptop. Total fresh install (chose the 'minimal' option). The first two things I did were install R 3.5 and R Studio 1.1.453. If I open up a fresh install of R and just let it sit idle for 30 minutes or so I eventually get the error "Error: Unable to establish connection with R session".



At this point in time I can't do anything in R Studio and I have to xkill it and reload everything to continue programming. An internet search reveals that this issue has been popping up repeatedly since people have been installing R/R Studio on Ubuntu machines that use GNOME. Am not sure if GNOME is the root cause but it's interesting.



Anybody solved this? Or maybe you run R 3.5 fine on Ubuntu 18.04 without issue. Please let me know. I can only run for 30 minutes or so before this issue brings my system down. And my system is a fresh install of Bionic Beaver with just R on it. Weird.



------ and for those wondering ------



installation for R was via



sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


and R Studio was installed via this link through the Ubuntu software center
https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb



and it is speculated that the preview release of R Studio may fix this (TBD)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/desktop/trusty/amd64/rstudio-1.2.792-amd64.deb










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  • R in Ubuntu 18.04 currently is at version 3.4.4. You likely installed from another source?

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:04













  • @vanadium I installed from here cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/bionic-cran35 using sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/" then sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev. I installed the keys as well prior.

    – stackinator
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:31






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    OK, please add to your question because this is essential information. My version from the standard Ubuntu PPA works fine. Also indicate how you installed R studio.

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:42
















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I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my testbed laptop. Total fresh install (chose the 'minimal' option). The first two things I did were install R 3.5 and R Studio 1.1.453. If I open up a fresh install of R and just let it sit idle for 30 minutes or so I eventually get the error "Error: Unable to establish connection with R session".



At this point in time I can't do anything in R Studio and I have to xkill it and reload everything to continue programming. An internet search reveals that this issue has been popping up repeatedly since people have been installing R/R Studio on Ubuntu machines that use GNOME. Am not sure if GNOME is the root cause but it's interesting.



Anybody solved this? Or maybe you run R 3.5 fine on Ubuntu 18.04 without issue. Please let me know. I can only run for 30 minutes or so before this issue brings my system down. And my system is a fresh install of Bionic Beaver with just R on it. Weird.



------ and for those wondering ------



installation for R was via



sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


and R Studio was installed via this link through the Ubuntu software center
https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb



and it is speculated that the preview release of R Studio may fix this (TBD)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/desktop/trusty/amd64/rstudio-1.2.792-amd64.deb










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  • R in Ubuntu 18.04 currently is at version 3.4.4. You likely installed from another source?

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:04













  • @vanadium I installed from here cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/bionic-cran35 using sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/" then sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev. I installed the keys as well prior.

    – stackinator
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:31






  • 2





    OK, please add to your question because this is essential information. My version from the standard Ubuntu PPA works fine. Also indicate how you installed R studio.

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:42














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I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my testbed laptop. Total fresh install (chose the 'minimal' option). The first two things I did were install R 3.5 and R Studio 1.1.453. If I open up a fresh install of R and just let it sit idle for 30 minutes or so I eventually get the error "Error: Unable to establish connection with R session".



At this point in time I can't do anything in R Studio and I have to xkill it and reload everything to continue programming. An internet search reveals that this issue has been popping up repeatedly since people have been installing R/R Studio on Ubuntu machines that use GNOME. Am not sure if GNOME is the root cause but it's interesting.



Anybody solved this? Or maybe you run R 3.5 fine on Ubuntu 18.04 without issue. Please let me know. I can only run for 30 minutes or so before this issue brings my system down. And my system is a fresh install of Bionic Beaver with just R on it. Weird.



------ and for those wondering ------



installation for R was via



sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


and R Studio was installed via this link through the Ubuntu software center
https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb



and it is speculated that the preview release of R Studio may fix this (TBD)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/desktop/trusty/amd64/rstudio-1.2.792-amd64.deb










share|improve this question
















I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my testbed laptop. Total fresh install (chose the 'minimal' option). The first two things I did were install R 3.5 and R Studio 1.1.453. If I open up a fresh install of R and just let it sit idle for 30 minutes or so I eventually get the error "Error: Unable to establish connection with R session".



At this point in time I can't do anything in R Studio and I have to xkill it and reload everything to continue programming. An internet search reveals that this issue has been popping up repeatedly since people have been installing R/R Studio on Ubuntu machines that use GNOME. Am not sure if GNOME is the root cause but it's interesting.



Anybody solved this? Or maybe you run R 3.5 fine on Ubuntu 18.04 without issue. Please let me know. I can only run for 30 minutes or so before this issue brings my system down. And my system is a fresh install of Bionic Beaver with just R on it. Weird.



------ and for those wondering ------



installation for R was via



sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


and R Studio was installed via this link through the Ubuntu software center
https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb



and it is speculated that the preview release of R Studio may fix this (TBD)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-ide-build/desktop/trusty/amd64/rstudio-1.2.792-amd64.deb







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  • R in Ubuntu 18.04 currently is at version 3.4.4. You likely installed from another source?

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:04













  • @vanadium I installed from here cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/bionic-cran35 using sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/" then sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev. I installed the keys as well prior.

    – stackinator
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:31






  • 2





    OK, please add to your question because this is essential information. My version from the standard Ubuntu PPA works fine. Also indicate how you installed R studio.

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:42



















  • R in Ubuntu 18.04 currently is at version 3.4.4. You likely installed from another source?

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:04













  • @vanadium I installed from here cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/bionic-cran35 using sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/" then sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev. I installed the keys as well prior.

    – stackinator
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:31






  • 2





    OK, please add to your question because this is essential information. My version from the standard Ubuntu PPA works fine. Also indicate how you installed R studio.

    – vanadium
    Jul 16 '18 at 17:42

















R in Ubuntu 18.04 currently is at version 3.4.4. You likely installed from another source?

– vanadium
Jul 16 '18 at 17:04







R in Ubuntu 18.04 currently is at version 3.4.4. You likely installed from another source?

– vanadium
Jul 16 '18 at 17:04















@vanadium I installed from here cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/bionic-cran35 using sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/" then sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev. I installed the keys as well prior.

– stackinator
Jul 16 '18 at 17:31





@vanadium I installed from here cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/bionic-cran35 using sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/" then sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev. I installed the keys as well prior.

– stackinator
Jul 16 '18 at 17:31




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OK, please add to your question because this is essential information. My version from the standard Ubuntu PPA works fine. Also indicate how you installed R studio.

– vanadium
Jul 16 '18 at 17:42





OK, please add to your question because this is essential information. My version from the standard Ubuntu PPA works fine. Also indicate how you installed R studio.

– vanadium
Jul 16 '18 at 17:42










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I did your steps on my clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM:



sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


Then tried to run R:



Then installed RStudio:



cd ~/Downloads
wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb


it launches and runs normally:



RStudio with R 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS



Afterwards I tried newer version and it works too.



For your information below is R-related packages list:



$ dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-"
ii r-base 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system
ii r-base-dev 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
ii r-base-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html docs for statistical computing system functions
ii r-cran-boot 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 all GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley
ii r-cran-class 7.3-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for classification
ii r-cran-cluster 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for cluster analysis by Rousseeuw et al
ii r-cran-codetools 0.2-16-1bionic0 all GNU R package providing code analysis tools
ii r-cran-foreign 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package to read/write data from other stat. systems
ii r-cran-kernsmooth 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for kernel smoothing and density estimation
ii r-cran-lattice 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Trellis Graphics for R"
ii r-cran-mass 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of Venables and Ripley's MASS
ii r-cran-matrix 1.2-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of classes for dense and sparse matrices
ii r-cran-mgcv 1.8-26-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for multiple parameter smoothing estimation
ii r-cran-nlme 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for (non-)linear mixed effects models
ii r-cran-nnet 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for feed-forward neural networks
ii r-cran-rpart 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for recursive partitioning and regression trees
ii r-cran-spatial 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for spatial statistics
ii r-cran-survival 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Survival Analysis"
ii r-doc-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html manuals for statistical computing system
ii r-recommended 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage]


and their sources:



$ apt-cache policy $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-" | awk '{print $2}')
r-base:
Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
Version table:
*** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.1-2bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.1-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.0-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
r-base-core:
Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
Version table:
*** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.1-2bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.1-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.0-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-base-dev:
Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
Version table:
*** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.1-2bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.1-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.0-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
r-base-html:
Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
Version table:
*** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.1-2bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.1-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.0-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
r-cran-boot:
Installed: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
Candidate: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
Version table:
*** 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.3-20-1.1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
r-cran-class:
Installed: 7.3-15-1bionic0
Candidate: 7.3-15-1bionic0
Version table:
*** 7.3-15-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
7.3-14-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
7.3-14-2build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-cluster:
Installed: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
Candidate: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
Version table:
*** 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.0.6-2build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-codetools:
Installed: 0.2-16-1bionic0
Candidate: 0.2-16-1bionic0
Version table:
*** 0.2-16-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.2-15-1.1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
0.2-15-1.1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
r-cran-foreign:
Installed: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Candidate: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Version table:
*** 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.8.69-1build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-kernsmooth:
Installed: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Candidate: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Version table:
*** 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.23-15-3build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-lattice:
Installed: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
Candidate: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
Version table:
*** 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
0.20-35-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
0.20-35-1build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-mass:
Installed: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
Candidate: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
Version table:
*** 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
7.3-51-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
7.3-50-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
7.3-49-1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-matrix:
Installed: 1.2-15-1bionic0
Candidate: 1.2-15-1bionic0
Version table:
*** 1.2-15-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.2-14-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
1.2-12-1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-mgcv:
Installed: 1.8-26-1bionic0
Candidate: 1.8-26-1bionic0
Version table:
*** 1.8-26-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.8-25-1cran1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
1.8-24-1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
1.8-23-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
1.8-23-1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-nlme:
Installed: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
Candidate: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
Version table:
*** 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.1.131-3build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-nnet:
Installed: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Candidate: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Version table:
*** 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
7.3-12-2build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-rpart:
Installed: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
Candidate: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
Version table:
*** 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4.1-13-1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-spatial:
Installed: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Candidate: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
Version table:
*** 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
7.3-11-2build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-cran-survival:
Installed: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
Candidate: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
Version table:
*** 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.43-1-1cran1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
2.42-6-1cran1bionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
2.42-3-1cranBionic0 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
2.41-3-2build1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
r-doc-html:
Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
Version table:
*** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.1-2bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.1-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.0-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
r-recommended:
Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
Version table:
*** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.5.1-2bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.1-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.5.0-1bionic 500
500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages


So the problem is on your side.






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I think that I did follow your steps. I "cleaned" my system
to the best of my abilities (as previously described; see below) and then did



sudo apt-get install r-base


This seemed (as I previously said on the Ubuntu Mate Community list,
from which you told me to switch the discussion to this location) to run without complaint, but produced no executable.



I tried



dpkg -l | grep "^ii -r"


just now, following your example, and got no output whatever. So
it would seem that "dpkg" thinks that r-base has not been installed.



But the output from "sudo apt-get install r-base" seems to say that
it has been installed. What is going on?



Added: I have solved the problem. Elsewhere it was suggested to me that
I try doing



dpkg -l r-base-core



This produced the enlightening output:



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 Architecture Description
+++-================-=============-=============-======================================
ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation


The nature of the message prompted me to try



sudo apt purge r-base-core


which ran and said that it was removing a whole lot of stuff.



I then tried



 sudo apt-get install r-base-core


which ran and gave a whole lot more output than was previously produced when I ran "sudo apt-get install r-base". (Note: I had been typing
r-base and NOT r-base-core.) It indicated that it was doing lots of stuff that looked promising in respect of actually installing R.



And in fact the promise was fulfilled. I then started R and got:



R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20) -- "Eggshell Igloo"
Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)


Ta-da!!!



The problem may have been that previously I had been saying



"sudo apt-get install r-base" rather than



"sudo apt-get install r-base-core".



It is possible that the latter is needed if R has previously been installed from source, but otherwise just "r-base" is sufficient. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to say. Others may be able to provide insight.






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    I did your steps on my clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM:



    sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


    Then tried to run R:



    Then installed RStudio:



    cd ~/Downloads
    wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb
    sudo apt-get install ./rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb


    it launches and runs normally:



    RStudio with R 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS



    Afterwards I tried newer version and it works too.



    For your information below is R-related packages list:



    $ dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-"
    ii r-base 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-dev 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
    ii r-base-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html docs for statistical computing system functions
    ii r-cran-boot 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 all GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley
    ii r-cran-class 7.3-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for classification
    ii r-cran-cluster 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for cluster analysis by Rousseeuw et al
    ii r-cran-codetools 0.2-16-1bionic0 all GNU R package providing code analysis tools
    ii r-cran-foreign 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package to read/write data from other stat. systems
    ii r-cran-kernsmooth 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for kernel smoothing and density estimation
    ii r-cran-lattice 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Trellis Graphics for R"
    ii r-cran-mass 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of Venables and Ripley's MASS
    ii r-cran-matrix 1.2-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of classes for dense and sparse matrices
    ii r-cran-mgcv 1.8-26-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for multiple parameter smoothing estimation
    ii r-cran-nlme 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for (non-)linear mixed effects models
    ii r-cran-nnet 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for feed-forward neural networks
    ii r-cran-rpart 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for recursive partitioning and regression trees
    ii r-cran-spatial 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for spatial statistics
    ii r-cran-survival 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Survival Analysis"
    ii r-doc-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html manuals for statistical computing system
    ii r-recommended 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage]


    and their sources:



    $ apt-cache policy $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-" | awk '{print $2}')
    r-base:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-core:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-base-dev:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-boot:
    Installed: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.3-20-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-class:
    Installed: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-14-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-14-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-cluster:
    Installed: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.0.6-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-codetools:
    Installed: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.2-16-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.2-15-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.2-15-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-foreign:
    Installed: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.8.69-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-kernsmooth:
    Installed: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.23-15-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-lattice:
    Installed: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.20-35-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.20-35-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mass:
    Installed: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-51-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-50-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-49-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-matrix:
    Installed: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.2-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.2-14-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.2-12-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mgcv:
    Installed: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.8-26-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.8-25-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-24-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nlme:
    Installed: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.1.131-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nnet:
    Installed: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-12-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-rpart:
    Installed: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    4.1-13-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-spatial:
    Installed: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-11-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-survival:
    Installed: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.43-1-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-6-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-3-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.41-3-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-doc-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-recommended:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages


    So the problem is on your side.






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    • I ended up installing the preview version 1.2.792 of R Studio and the issue has gone away. rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview

      – stackinator
      Jul 18 '18 at 12:40
















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    I did your steps on my clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM:



    sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


    Then tried to run R:



    Then installed RStudio:



    cd ~/Downloads
    wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb
    sudo apt-get install ./rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb


    it launches and runs normally:



    RStudio with R 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS



    Afterwards I tried newer version and it works too.



    For your information below is R-related packages list:



    $ dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-"
    ii r-base 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-dev 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
    ii r-base-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html docs for statistical computing system functions
    ii r-cran-boot 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 all GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley
    ii r-cran-class 7.3-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for classification
    ii r-cran-cluster 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for cluster analysis by Rousseeuw et al
    ii r-cran-codetools 0.2-16-1bionic0 all GNU R package providing code analysis tools
    ii r-cran-foreign 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package to read/write data from other stat. systems
    ii r-cran-kernsmooth 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for kernel smoothing and density estimation
    ii r-cran-lattice 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Trellis Graphics for R"
    ii r-cran-mass 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of Venables and Ripley's MASS
    ii r-cran-matrix 1.2-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of classes for dense and sparse matrices
    ii r-cran-mgcv 1.8-26-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for multiple parameter smoothing estimation
    ii r-cran-nlme 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for (non-)linear mixed effects models
    ii r-cran-nnet 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for feed-forward neural networks
    ii r-cran-rpart 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for recursive partitioning and regression trees
    ii r-cran-spatial 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for spatial statistics
    ii r-cran-survival 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Survival Analysis"
    ii r-doc-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html manuals for statistical computing system
    ii r-recommended 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage]


    and their sources:



    $ apt-cache policy $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-" | awk '{print $2}')
    r-base:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-core:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-base-dev:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-boot:
    Installed: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.3-20-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-class:
    Installed: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-14-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-14-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-cluster:
    Installed: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.0.6-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-codetools:
    Installed: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.2-16-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.2-15-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.2-15-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-foreign:
    Installed: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.8.69-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-kernsmooth:
    Installed: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.23-15-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-lattice:
    Installed: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.20-35-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.20-35-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mass:
    Installed: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-51-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-50-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-49-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-matrix:
    Installed: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.2-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.2-14-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.2-12-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mgcv:
    Installed: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.8-26-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.8-25-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-24-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nlme:
    Installed: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.1.131-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nnet:
    Installed: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-12-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-rpart:
    Installed: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    4.1-13-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-spatial:
    Installed: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-11-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-survival:
    Installed: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.43-1-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-6-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-3-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.41-3-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-doc-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-recommended:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages


    So the problem is on your side.






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    • I ended up installing the preview version 1.2.792 of R Studio and the issue has gone away. rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview

      – stackinator
      Jul 18 '18 at 12:40














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    I did your steps on my clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM:



    sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


    Then tried to run R:



    Then installed RStudio:



    cd ~/Downloads
    wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb
    sudo apt-get install ./rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb


    it launches and runs normally:



    RStudio with R 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS



    Afterwards I tried newer version and it works too.



    For your information below is R-related packages list:



    $ dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-"
    ii r-base 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-dev 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
    ii r-base-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html docs for statistical computing system functions
    ii r-cran-boot 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 all GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley
    ii r-cran-class 7.3-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for classification
    ii r-cran-cluster 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for cluster analysis by Rousseeuw et al
    ii r-cran-codetools 0.2-16-1bionic0 all GNU R package providing code analysis tools
    ii r-cran-foreign 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package to read/write data from other stat. systems
    ii r-cran-kernsmooth 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for kernel smoothing and density estimation
    ii r-cran-lattice 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Trellis Graphics for R"
    ii r-cran-mass 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of Venables and Ripley's MASS
    ii r-cran-matrix 1.2-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of classes for dense and sparse matrices
    ii r-cran-mgcv 1.8-26-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for multiple parameter smoothing estimation
    ii r-cran-nlme 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for (non-)linear mixed effects models
    ii r-cran-nnet 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for feed-forward neural networks
    ii r-cran-rpart 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for recursive partitioning and regression trees
    ii r-cran-spatial 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for spatial statistics
    ii r-cran-survival 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Survival Analysis"
    ii r-doc-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html manuals for statistical computing system
    ii r-recommended 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage]


    and their sources:



    $ apt-cache policy $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-" | awk '{print $2}')
    r-base:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-core:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-base-dev:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-boot:
    Installed: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.3-20-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-class:
    Installed: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-14-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-14-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-cluster:
    Installed: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.0.6-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-codetools:
    Installed: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.2-16-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.2-15-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.2-15-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-foreign:
    Installed: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.8.69-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-kernsmooth:
    Installed: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.23-15-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-lattice:
    Installed: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.20-35-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.20-35-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mass:
    Installed: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-51-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-50-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-49-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-matrix:
    Installed: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.2-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.2-14-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.2-12-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mgcv:
    Installed: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.8-26-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.8-25-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-24-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nlme:
    Installed: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.1.131-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nnet:
    Installed: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-12-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-rpart:
    Installed: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    4.1-13-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-spatial:
    Installed: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-11-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-survival:
    Installed: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.43-1-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-6-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-3-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.41-3-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-doc-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-recommended:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages


    So the problem is on your side.






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    I did your steps on my clean Ubuntu 18.04 LTS VM:



    sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/"
    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev


    Then tried to run R:



    Then installed RStudio:



    cd ~/Downloads
    wget https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb
    sudo apt-get install ./rstudio-xenial-1.1.453-amd64.deb


    it launches and runs normally:



    RStudio with R 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS



    Afterwards I tried newer version and it works too.



    For your information below is R-related packages list:



    $ dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-"
    ii r-base 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system
    ii r-base-dev 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R installation of auxiliary GNU R packages
    ii r-base-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html docs for statistical computing system functions
    ii r-cran-boot 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 all GNU R package for bootstrapping functions from Davison and Hinkley
    ii r-cran-class 7.3-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for classification
    ii r-cran-cluster 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for cluster analysis by Rousseeuw et al
    ii r-cran-codetools 0.2-16-1bionic0 all GNU R package providing code analysis tools
    ii r-cran-foreign 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package to read/write data from other stat. systems
    ii r-cran-kernsmooth 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for kernel smoothing and density estimation
    ii r-cran-lattice 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Trellis Graphics for R"
    ii r-cran-mass 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of Venables and Ripley's MASS
    ii r-cran-matrix 1.2-15-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package of classes for dense and sparse matrices
    ii r-cran-mgcv 1.8-26-1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package for multiple parameter smoothing estimation
    ii r-cran-nlme 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for (non-)linear mixed effects models
    ii r-cran-nnet 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for feed-forward neural networks
    ii r-cran-rpart 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 amd64 GNU R package for recursive partitioning and regression trees
    ii r-cran-spatial 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 amd64 GNU R package for spatial statistics
    ii r-cran-survival 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 amd64 GNU R package "Survival Analysis"
    ii r-doc-html 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R html manuals for statistical computing system
    ii r-recommended 3.5.2-1bionic all GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage]


    and their sources:



    $ apt-cache policy $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii  r-" | awk '{print $2}')
    r-base:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-core:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-base-dev:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-base-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-boot:
    Installed: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.3-20-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.3-20-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-class:
    Installed: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-14-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-14-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-cluster:
    Installed: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.0.7-1-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.0.6-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-codetools:
    Installed: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.2-16-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.2-16-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.2-15-1.1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.2-15-1.1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-cran-foreign:
    Installed: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 0.8.70-1cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.8.69-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-kernsmooth:
    Installed: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 2.23-15-3cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.23-15-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-lattice:
    Installed: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 0.20-38-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    0.20-35-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    0.20-35-1build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mass:
    Installed: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Candidate: 7.3-51.1-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-51.1-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-51-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-50-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    7.3-49-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-matrix:
    Installed: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.2-15-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.2-15-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.2-14-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.2-12-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-mgcv:
    Installed: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Candidate: 1.8-26-1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 1.8-26-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    1.8-25-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-24-1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    1.8-23-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nlme:
    Installed: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 3.1.137-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 3.1.137-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.1.131-3build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-nnet:
    Installed: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-12-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-12-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-rpart:
    Installed: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Candidate: 4.1-13-1cranBionic0
    Version table:
    *** 4.1-13-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    4.1-13-1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-spatial:
    Installed: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Candidate: 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1
    Version table:
    *** 7.3-11-2cranArtful0~ubuntu18.04.1~ppa1 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    7.3-11-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-cran-survival:
    Installed: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Candidate: 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0
    Version table:
    *** 2.43-3-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    2.43-1-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-6-1cran1bionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.42-3-1cranBionic0 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    2.41-3-2build1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    r-doc-html:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
    r-recommended:
    Installed: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Candidate: 3.5.2-1bionic
    Version table:
    *** 3.5.2-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    3.5.1-2bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.1-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.5.0-1bionic 500
    500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages
    3.4.4-1ubuntu1 500
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
    500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages


    So the problem is on your side.







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    • I ended up installing the preview version 1.2.792 of R Studio and the issue has gone away. rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview

      – stackinator
      Jul 18 '18 at 12:40



















    • I ended up installing the preview version 1.2.792 of R Studio and the issue has gone away. rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview

      – stackinator
      Jul 18 '18 at 12:40

















    I ended up installing the preview version 1.2.792 of R Studio and the issue has gone away. rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview

    – stackinator
    Jul 18 '18 at 12:40





    I ended up installing the preview version 1.2.792 of R Studio and the issue has gone away. rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/preview

    – stackinator
    Jul 18 '18 at 12:40













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    I think that I did follow your steps. I "cleaned" my system
    to the best of my abilities (as previously described; see below) and then did



    sudo apt-get install r-base


    This seemed (as I previously said on the Ubuntu Mate Community list,
    from which you told me to switch the discussion to this location) to run without complaint, but produced no executable.



    I tried



    dpkg -l | grep "^ii -r"


    just now, following your example, and got no output whatever. So
    it would seem that "dpkg" thinks that r-base has not been installed.



    But the output from "sudo apt-get install r-base" seems to say that
    it has been installed. What is going on?



    Added: I have solved the problem. Elsewhere it was suggested to me that
    I try doing



    dpkg -l r-base-core



    This produced the enlightening output:



    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 Architecture Description
    +++-================-=============-=============-======================================
    ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation


    The nature of the message prompted me to try



    sudo apt purge r-base-core


    which ran and said that it was removing a whole lot of stuff.



    I then tried



     sudo apt-get install r-base-core


    which ran and gave a whole lot more output than was previously produced when I ran "sudo apt-get install r-base". (Note: I had been typing
    r-base and NOT r-base-core.) It indicated that it was doing lots of stuff that looked promising in respect of actually installing R.



    And in fact the promise was fulfilled. I then started R and got:



    R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20) -- "Eggshell Igloo"
    Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
    Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)


    Ta-da!!!



    The problem may have been that previously I had been saying



    "sudo apt-get install r-base" rather than



    "sudo apt-get install r-base-core".



    It is possible that the latter is needed if R has previously been installed from source, but otherwise just "r-base" is sufficient. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to say. Others may be able to provide insight.






    share|improve this answer






























      0














      I think that I did follow your steps. I "cleaned" my system
      to the best of my abilities (as previously described; see below) and then did



      sudo apt-get install r-base


      This seemed (as I previously said on the Ubuntu Mate Community list,
      from which you told me to switch the discussion to this location) to run without complaint, but produced no executable.



      I tried



      dpkg -l | grep "^ii -r"


      just now, following your example, and got no output whatever. So
      it would seem that "dpkg" thinks that r-base has not been installed.



      But the output from "sudo apt-get install r-base" seems to say that
      it has been installed. What is going on?



      Added: I have solved the problem. Elsewhere it was suggested to me that
      I try doing



      dpkg -l r-base-core



      This produced the enlightening output:



      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 Architecture Description
      +++-================-=============-=============-======================================
      ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation


      The nature of the message prompted me to try



      sudo apt purge r-base-core


      which ran and said that it was removing a whole lot of stuff.



      I then tried



       sudo apt-get install r-base-core


      which ran and gave a whole lot more output than was previously produced when I ran "sudo apt-get install r-base". (Note: I had been typing
      r-base and NOT r-base-core.) It indicated that it was doing lots of stuff that looked promising in respect of actually installing R.



      And in fact the promise was fulfilled. I then started R and got:



      R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20) -- "Eggshell Igloo"
      Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
      Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)


      Ta-da!!!



      The problem may have been that previously I had been saying



      "sudo apt-get install r-base" rather than



      "sudo apt-get install r-base-core".



      It is possible that the latter is needed if R has previously been installed from source, but otherwise just "r-base" is sufficient. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to say. Others may be able to provide insight.






      share|improve this answer




























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        0








        0







        I think that I did follow your steps. I "cleaned" my system
        to the best of my abilities (as previously described; see below) and then did



        sudo apt-get install r-base


        This seemed (as I previously said on the Ubuntu Mate Community list,
        from which you told me to switch the discussion to this location) to run without complaint, but produced no executable.



        I tried



        dpkg -l | grep "^ii -r"


        just now, following your example, and got no output whatever. So
        it would seem that "dpkg" thinks that r-base has not been installed.



        But the output from "sudo apt-get install r-base" seems to say that
        it has been installed. What is going on?



        Added: I have solved the problem. Elsewhere it was suggested to me that
        I try doing



        dpkg -l r-base-core



        This produced the enlightening output:



        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 Architecture Description
        +++-================-=============-=============-======================================
        ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation


        The nature of the message prompted me to try



        sudo apt purge r-base-core


        which ran and said that it was removing a whole lot of stuff.



        I then tried



         sudo apt-get install r-base-core


        which ran and gave a whole lot more output than was previously produced when I ran "sudo apt-get install r-base". (Note: I had been typing
        r-base and NOT r-base-core.) It indicated that it was doing lots of stuff that looked promising in respect of actually installing R.



        And in fact the promise was fulfilled. I then started R and got:



        R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20) -- "Eggshell Igloo"
        Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
        Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)


        Ta-da!!!



        The problem may have been that previously I had been saying



        "sudo apt-get install r-base" rather than



        "sudo apt-get install r-base-core".



        It is possible that the latter is needed if R has previously been installed from source, but otherwise just "r-base" is sufficient. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to say. Others may be able to provide insight.






        share|improve this answer















        I think that I did follow your steps. I "cleaned" my system
        to the best of my abilities (as previously described; see below) and then did



        sudo apt-get install r-base


        This seemed (as I previously said on the Ubuntu Mate Community list,
        from which you told me to switch the discussion to this location) to run without complaint, but produced no executable.



        I tried



        dpkg -l | grep "^ii -r"


        just now, following your example, and got no output whatever. So
        it would seem that "dpkg" thinks that r-base has not been installed.



        But the output from "sudo apt-get install r-base" seems to say that
        it has been installed. What is going on?



        Added: I have solved the problem. Elsewhere it was suggested to me that
        I try doing



        dpkg -l r-base-core



        This produced the enlightening output:



        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 Architecture Description
        +++-================-=============-=============-======================================
        ii r-base-core 3.5.2-1bionic amd64 GNU R core of statistical computation


        The nature of the message prompted me to try



        sudo apt purge r-base-core


        which ran and said that it was removing a whole lot of stuff.



        I then tried



         sudo apt-get install r-base-core


        which ran and gave a whole lot more output than was previously produced when I ran "sudo apt-get install r-base". (Note: I had been typing
        r-base and NOT r-base-core.) It indicated that it was doing lots of stuff that looked promising in respect of actually installing R.



        And in fact the promise was fulfilled. I then started R and got:



        R version 3.5.2 (2018-12-20) -- "Eggshell Igloo"
        Copyright (C) 2018 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
        Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)


        Ta-da!!!



        The problem may have been that previously I had been saying



        "sudo apt-get install r-base" rather than



        "sudo apt-get install r-base-core".



        It is possible that the latter is needed if R has previously been installed from source, but otherwise just "r-base" is sufficient. I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to say. Others may be able to provide insight.







        share|improve this answer














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