I am trying to re-install r in my ubuntu 14.04. But I keep getting this error always I try to install r as sudo apt-get install r-base

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:

r-base : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.2.1-1utopic0) but it is not going to be installed
          Depends: r-recommended (= 3.2.1-1utopic0) but it is not going to be installed
          Recommends: r-base-html but it is not going to be installed
 r-base-dev : Depends: r-base-core (>= 3.2.1-1utopic0) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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Run:

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base

This may fix the problem for you, otherwise check here for additional troubleshooting.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jun 26 '15 at 20:09

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I am trying to re-install r in my ubuntu 14.04. But I keep getting this error always I try to install r as sudo apt-get install r-base

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