• R in (k)ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04
    The R version in (k)ubuntu 14.04 doesn’t upgrade automatically, and you have to add a repository manually. This has worked for me: Edit the file /etc/apt/souces.list as a superuser and add the repository http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/. This procedure can also be done executing one of these lines: trusty for the 14.04… Read more: R in (k)ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04