r-recommended software package provides GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage], 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-recommended
r-recommended is installed in your system.
Make ensure the r-recommended package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r-recommended *
You will get with r-recommended package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | r-recommended |
| Version | 3.0.2-1ubuntu1 |
| Description | GNU R collection of recommended packages [metapackage] |
| Sub Section | math |