No version specified, and no candidate version available for gcc-gfortran

[Aslan]

When installing R with the source install_method i got the following error. I am using ubuntu 12.04.4

[2015-03-06T10:59:32-08:00] DEBUG: package[gcc-gfortran] checking package status for gcc-gfortran

* No version specified, and no candidate version available for gcc-gfortran
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Error executing action `install` on resource 'package[gcc-gfortran]'
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Chef::Exceptions::Package
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No version specified, and no candidate version available for gcc-gfortran

Resource Declaration:
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# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/r/recipes/install_source.rb

 28: package "gcc-gfortran"
 29: 

Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/r/recipes/install_source.rb:28:in `from_file'

package("gcc-gfortran") do
  action :install
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  guard_interpreter :default
  package_name "gcc-gfortran"
  timeout 900
  cookbook_name "r"
  recipe_name "install_source"
end

[2015-03-06T10:59:33-08:00] INFO: Running queued delayed notifications before re-raising exception