Can no longer run latest R lang

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED Applications
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Followed the instructions, from here to install the latest R: https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/suse/

Basically:

sudo zypper addrepo -f \\
     http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/patched/SLE_12/ \\
     R-base
sudo zypper in R-base

Unfortunately, as of today 2/19/2018, this command no longer works. It is looking for a new xdg-utils

Problem: nothing provides xdg-utils needed by R-patched-3.4.3-798.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: do not ask to install a solvable providing R-base
 Solution 2: break R-patched-3.4.3-798.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

Installing R-core is also broken. It is looking for libcairo:

Problem: nothing provides libcairo.so.2()(64bit) needed by R-core-3.4.3-798.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: do not install R-core-3.4.3-798.1.x86_64
 Solution 2: break R-core-3.4.3-798.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies
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Hi
You would need to take it up with the OBS maintainers for R…
https://build.opensuse.org/project/users/devel:languages:R:patched

I don’t see an R-base being built either?
https://build.opensuse.org/package/binaries/devel:languages:R:patched/R?repository=SLE_12

They should be building against SLE 12 Backports as well, this may resolve the issue…