Install R packages from linux command line

Question

I am using AWS EC2 (ubuntu 12.04) to run some simulations in R. I have a scripts that boots up the instance and updates and upgrades and installs r-base r-base-dev

I would like to add a command to the startup (bash) script that would install the doMC package. My instance is brand new each time I run the machine ( no R repos, no R library is defined ) and I would like to be able to install the doMC package right after installing r-base.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Of course -- sudo apt-get install r-cran-domc . So install this just how you install R itself.

BTW r-base already implied r-base-dev .