r-cran-sp software package provides GNU R classes and methods for spatial 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-sp
r-cran-sp is installed in your system.
Make ensure the r-cran-sp package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r-cran-sp *
You will get with r-cran-sp package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Science |
| Package | r-cran-sp |
| Version | 1:1.0-9-1 |
| Description | GNU R classes and methods for spatial data |
| Sub Section | Science |