(in progress)

A collection of scripts to automate customizing an Ubuntu desktop. So far, it includes installing and customizing the following:

• R statistical language

Included scripts (not exhaustive!):

• install.sh
  • install_r.sh: installs R language
    • .Rprofile: your custom Rprofile if it exists
    • r-customize.R: installs many R packages

• A working internet connection
• 'root' access

• With git

  • Get list of packages and install git: sudo apt-get install git
  • get the script: cd ~/Downloads && git clone git://github.com/elmerehbi/ucs

  (or you can fork the repo & clone it)

• Without git

  • get & extract the script: cd ~/Downloads && wget https://github.com/elmerehbi/ucs/tarball/master -O - | tar xz

Note 1: make sure to have the repo in the Downloads directory. It is a simple script and not very smart. Note 2: It installs the Microsoft R Open (RRO) which is an enhanced distribution of R from Revolution Analytics.

• Install Revolution R Open (PRO) and popular packages.

Note: this will automatically run r-customize.R install packages.

chmod +x *.sh
sudo ./install_R.sh

• To install R packages only (this is already done if you're installing R as instructed above.)

./r-customize.R # has an Rscript shebang!

The install_R.sh script puts .Rprofile in your home directory. It is required for installation purposes (to hardcode a CRAN mirror). You may replace it before or after the installation with a custom one.

Licensed under the GPLv3.

Feel free to fork the repo.