cran2deb automatically converts CRAN packages for R into Debian packages, handling dependency matching and package updates nicely.

• Development Status: 4 - Beta
• Environment: Console (Text Based), No Input/Output (Daemon)
• Intended Audience: End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
• License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
• Natural Language: English
• Operating System: Linux
• Programming Language: R, Unix Shell
• Topic: Other/Nonlisted Topic, Software Development

To install packages directly within R type install.packages("packagename",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")