title: Precompile R packages for specific Linux flavor
body: <p>We have established a simple local CRAN-like repository for R packages. There are many users, all of which use the same version of Linux.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way of convincing R to provide pre-compiled Linux packages instead just source ones? The compilation step takes a considerable amount of time for anyone using our repository. It should be possible to precompile and reuse the same binaries, since we can guarantee that the Linux version is consistent for all users.</p>
  
  <p>How could one hack something like this together?</p>