Installing R Packages Error in readRDS(file) : error reading from connection

Question

Whenever I try to install any package in R on Ubuntu 14.04, I\'m getting the following error:

Error in readRDS(file) : error reading from connection
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Answer 1

I also had the same problem. I followed the instructions given here http://www.ryantmoore.org/files/ht/htrtargz.pdf and installed all the required dependencies separately as and when they were required.