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How can I install that I am installing compatible versions of JAGS and rjags in Ubuntu?

I would like to write a script that installs JAGS and rjags on a new ubuntu installation and will work regardless of the currently available versions of these packages. I would like to know how I can do this, avoiding conflicts between versions.

I have the following R script, initialize.R :

 system('apt-get install jags') install.packages('rjags')

So that I can work from bash:

 sudo R --vanilla < initialize.R

However, the latest version of JAGS in the Ubuntu repository is 2.2, and the rjags version available from CRAN depends on JAGS> 3.0.

I am interested in installing compatible JAGS and rjags , perhaps either:

  • installing a specific version of JAGS (e.g. 2.2) and a compatible version of rjags (which version?)
  • general installation of the JAGS version currently in the ubuntu repository and corresponding version of rjags or
  • general installation of the latest version of rjags in the crane and the corresponding version of JAGS

The ability to do case 1 is important, but I'm also curious how I can implement cases 2 and / or 3.

questions:

  • How can i do this?
  • Is there a more reasonable approach?

update: the following link in Dirk's answer: worked:

 add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter apt-get update apt-get install r-cran-rjags
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Michael Ratter provides the r-cran-rjags through his repository; this works with the jags package you already installed. See this post on r-sig-devel for more details, and you can subscribe to and follow the r-sig-debian list to stay up to date on these things.

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