Re: gfortran dependency hell
It could be happen if you try to instal a package from source. This hell of dependency always solved on my machine by installing from repo, with using Synaptic Package Manager.
Re: gfortran dependency hell
you might proceed as follows: open a Terminal window and type in sequence:
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gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key E084DAB9
gpg -a --export E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add -
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
then paste in the opened file the following line (or a similar one: see the link below):
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deb http://cran.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/
BTW: regarding to the R mirrors, you find their complete list here:
http://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html
and finally type in a new Terminal window:
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sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y r-base