R and R studio

1) I ran into some problems with R studio and R when I updated my packages about 3 weeks ago. It may also have been caused by cleanup through autoremoving the orphans. Anyway, I'll fix it over time or just remove it and reinstall. Just hate all the time I downloaded over 10 GIS related libraries and installed and I can still see them in the directories. I don't think I can remember all the packages I have now Anyone here an "R" and "Rstudio" installer and user? Maybe you have some tips.

2) Anyone here install packages by source on Zorin? Is there a general guide on this group site so I can undertake the task? I wish to install the latest Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) and apparently t.hat's what I have to do on Ubuntu to get the most recent version on the machine. I have the synaptic package installed so maybe that's the best tool I don't know.

Don't know enough about that particular package but by and large synaptic is the best option for installing packages through official channels. 3rd party apps which have a *. deb extension should be installed using
Gdebi package manager, as it will notify you if there are any missing dependencies.

Thanks Swarfendor