Binary package “r-cran-nnet” in ubuntu trusty

GNU R package for feed-forward neural networks

 The nnet package provides functions and datasets to support
 feed-forward neural networks with a single hidden layer, and
 multinomial log-linear models, as discussed in the book 'Modern
 Applied Statistics with S' (4th edition) by W.N. Venables and
 B.D. Ripley. The following URL provides more details about the book:
 URL: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4