Installing R in ubuntu

[caiosuz]

Hi everyone!
I need to install R for using the cummeRbund package.
When I try to install it through apt-get the R version installed is too old for some dependencies of cummeRbund.
Even after I tryed do update the apt-get the R version isn't new enough.
So I downloaded the R version from R website in a gz file and I guess that there's something else that I need to do besides decompressing it.
Can anyone tell what I need to do with my "R-3.2.2.tar.gz" file?
Since now, thanks!

[blancha]

tar xzvf R-3.2.2.tar.gz
cd  R-3.2.2
configure 
make 
make check
sudo make install
sudo	make install-info
sudo	make install-pdf

Or, something along those lines.
After uncompressing the file, you can just read the file INSTALL for the full instructions.
You can just run configure and make if you don't want a system wide installation.
The R executable will then be in the bin subfolder.

tar xzvf R-3.2.2.tar.gz
cd  R-3.2.2
configure 
make 
bin/R

[colindaven]

You might find the packaged version easier, since it will also get updates via apt-get:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-r-on-ubuntu-14-04