r-cran-mapdata software package provides GNU R support for producing geographic maps (supplemental data), 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-mapdata
r-cran-mapdata is installed in your system.
Make ensure the r-cran-mapdata package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r-cran-mapdata *
You will get with r-cran-mapdata package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | r-cran-mapdata |
| Version | 2.2-2-1 |
| Description | GNU R support for producing geographic maps (supplemental data) |
| Sub Section | math |