How to install dependencies when using “R CMD INSTALL” to install R packages?

Question

I\'m developing my first R package (using R 2.13, Ubuntu 10.10). Let\'s call it foo and let\'s say that the code in the R/ directory begins with the line libra

Answer 1

Similar to @Jonathan Le, but better for script usage :

sudo R --vanilla -e 'install.packages("forecast", repos="http://cran.us.r-project.org")'