Three Easy Steps to a Reproducible R Environment

bootstrap.sh

# Add CRAN mirror to apt-get sources
add-apt-repository "deb https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu trusty/"
apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9

# install all of my precious packages
apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
    ca-certificates \
    gdebi-core \
    git \
    graphviz \
    haskell-platform \
    libapache2-mod-proxy-html \
    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libghc-pandoc-dev \
    lmodern \
    libxml2-dev \
    nodejs \
    qpdf \
    r-base-dev \
    r-recommended \
    texlive-fonts-recommended \
    texlive-latex-base \
    texlive-latex-extra \
    texlive-latex-recommended \
    texlive-luatex \
    texlive-xetex

# Install Pandoc
cabal update && cabal install pandoc
ln -s /root/.cabal/bin/pandoc /usr/local/bin/pandoc

# if RStudio-Server isn't already installed, get RStudio Server
if [ ! -e /usr/sbin/rstudio-server ] 
    then 
        echo "Installing RStudio Server"
        export RSTUDIOVERSION='rstudio-server-0.99.684-amd64.deb'
        wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/rstudio-dailybuilds/$RSTUDIOVERSION
        gdebi --non-interactive $RSTUDIOVERSION
fi
    

# Inform the user what's up
echo "RStudio server is running at http://localhost:4567"

Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.

  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
  # boxes at https://atlas.hashicorp.com/search.
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
    v.memory = 2048
    v.cpus = 2
  end

  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
  # config.vm.box_check_update = false

  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
  # accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080

  # Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
  # using a specific IP.
  # config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"

  # Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
  # Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
  # your network.
  # config.vm.network "public_network"
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 8787, host: 4567

  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
  # argument is a set of non-required options.
  # config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data"

  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
  # Example for VirtualBox:
  #
  # config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
  #   # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
  #   vb.gui = true
  #
  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
  # vb.memory = "1024"
  # end
  #
  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
  # information on available options.

  # Define a Vagrant Push strategy for pushing to Atlas. Other push strategies
  # such as FTP and Heroku are also available. See the documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/push/atlas.html for more information.
  # config.push.define "atlas" do |push|
  #   push.app = "YOUR_ATLAS_USERNAME/YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME"
  # end

  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
  # Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
  config.vm.provision :shell, path: "bootstrap.sh"
end