How to update R version inside the R docker for Debian distro

Today lesson about on how to update R version inside the R docker


When i ran a docker for R, the new package need the R version of 3.6.x
Mine was R version 3.4.x

                                                                      How ya?



We can follow this steps to quick upgrade the R version for the Debian distro:

# Enter your docker and remove the old version of R

root@1234 $ apt-get remove r-base-core

# Replace  with bionic which is compatible with your current system

root@1234 $ add-apt-repository 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/'

# add the key

$ apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9

# Do the update

$ apt-get update

# Install new r-base of R version

$ apt-get install r-base

# Check the new version

$ apt-cache policy r-base r-base: Installed: 3.6.3-1bionic Candidate: 3.6.3-1bionic Version table: *** 3.6.3-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.6.2-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.1-3bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.1-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.0-2bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.6.0-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.3-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 3.5.2-1bionic 500 500 https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran35/ Packages 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

Hope you guys enjoy!