r-bioc-biobase software package provides base functions for Bioconductor, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install r-bioc-biobase
r-bioc-biobase is installed in your system.
Make ensure the r-bioc-biobase package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r-bioc-biobase *
You will get with r-bioc-biobase package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | GNU R |
| Package | r-bioc-biobase |
| Version | 2.20.0-1build1 |
| Description | base functions for Bioconductor |
| Sub Section | Gnu-r |