Modern R Programming Cookbook

How to do it...

Once you have the version number, you simply need to install base R onto your computer. The step-by-step procedure is as follows:

1. Update etc/apt/source.list by adding an entry as follows:

        deb <cran mirror address>/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/

2. Replace <cran mirror address> by putting an actual mirror link from the list of available mirrors from https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html. Remember that you must have administrator privileges to edit etc/apt/source.list.
3. Once you have performed the preceding step, type the following command to install R:

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

4. The preceding two commands will complete the installation process and you can check whether R has been installed correctly or not, ...