This is the best option as it will keep foo updated. Say the r package you want it foo then the package in the repositories is called r-cran-foo. Sometimes these are available in the repositories. Bonus PointĪs you use R, you will need to install other R packages.

You can get RStudio to automatically check for updates in Menu > Tools > Global Options.> General Tab> Automatically notify me of updates to RStudio check box. This will close RStudio and open your default web browser and take you to the RStudio download page in step 3 above. If you click on this RStudio will check for updates of itself and give you the option to close RStudio and download the new deb file. Inside RStudio Menu > Help > Check for Updates eases the pain somewhat. You are right, the deb file will not update itself and revisiting the RStudio every now and then to see there are updates is tedious. If you run into libgstreamer dependency issues see Install the lastest version of RStudio

Open the file browser and double click on the Deb file to open it in.

You are using 64 bit Ubuntu and click on it. Says: 'RStudio x.y.zzz - Ubuntu 12.04+/Debian 8+ (64-bit)', assuming

Look under the 'Installer for supported platform' and find that.

Look for 'RStudio Desktop Open Source License' and click the.

Click on DOWNLOAD RSTUDIO DESKTOP button.

You have to install it from the deb file which is available on their website. Unfortunately, the makers of RStudio do not make their software available via a PPA or in the Ubuntu repository. The following commands will get the latest version of R installed: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter

You can get R from the repositories, but it likely won't be the latest version. There are two components to get RStudio to work First, get R from PPA

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