r-cran-dosnow software package provides GNU R parallel excution backend for %dopar% using snow, 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-cran-dosnow
r-cran-dosnow is installed in your system.
Make ensure the r-cran-dosnow package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r-cran-dosnow *
You will get with r-cran-dosnow package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | GNU R |
| Package | r-cran-dosnow |
| Version | 1.0.9-1 |
| Description | GNU R parallel excution backend for %dopar% using snow |
| Sub Section | Gnu-r |