diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/dependencies.d/init-mods b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/dependencies.d/init-mods
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diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/run
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/run
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+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+
+if ! dpkg -l | grep gnupg > /dev/null; then
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/r.list" ]; then
+    echo "**** Adding r packages to install list ****"
+    curl -s https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/marutter_pubkey.asc | apt-key add -
+    source /etc/lsb-release
+    echo "deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu ${DISTRIB_CODENAME}-cran40/" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/r.list
+    echo "\
+        build-essential \
+        r-base" >> /mod-repo-packages-to-install.list
+else
+    echo "**** r packages already installed, skipping ****"
+fi
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/type b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/type
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+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/type
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+oneshot
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diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/up b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/up
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/up
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+/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package/run
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mods-package-install/dependencies.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-mods-package-install/dependencies.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package
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diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/user/contents.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/user/contents.d/init-mod-code-server-r-add-package
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