-- Ubuntu R and RStudio installation

# Make sure we're up to date
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade

# install the unofficial ppa source for R 2.15
# (see https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-debian/2012-June/001889.html)
sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:marutter/rrutter
sudo apt-get update

# install r  and needed libraries
sudo apt-get install -y r-base xorg-dev freeglut3-dev libgdal1-dev libproj-dev g++ gfortran
# Then run R, making sure the version number is 2.15
$ R
R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) -- "Roasted Marshmallows"
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# You probably want to use RStudio, but it is not included in the default repositories yet
# Download a deb from http://rstudio.org/download/desktop and use "sudo dkpg -i PACKAGE" to install it

# In R (or RStudio), install the required packages:
install.packages(c('SPARQL','sp','ggmap','mapproj','igraph','network','ergm','zoo','gsubfn','rjson'),dependencies=TRUE)