r-base-core software package provides GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system, you can install in your Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install r-base-core
r-base-core is installed in your system.
Make ensure the r-base-core package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep r-base-core *
You will get with r-base-core package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 17 04 zesty zapus |
| Section | Mathematics |
| Package | r-base-core |
| Version | 3.3.1-1build1 |
| Description | GNU R core of statistical computation and graphics system |
| Sub Section | math |