diff --git a/test/ggplot2/init.r b/test/ggplot2/init.r
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+#
+# Example R code to install packages
+# See http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Installing-packages for details
+#
+
+###########################################################
+# Update this line with the R packages to install:
+
+my_packages = c("ggplot2")
+
+###########################################################
+
+install_if_missing = function(p) {
+  if (p %in% rownames(installed.packages()) == FALSE) {
+    install.packages(p, dependencies = TRUE)
+  }
+  else {
+    cat(paste("Skipping already installed package:", p, "\n"))
+  }
+}
+invisible(sapply(my_packages, install_if_missing))
diff --git a/test/ggplot2/install b/test/ggplot2/install
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+shopt -s extglob
+set -e
+
+stack=${1:-cedar}
+branch=${2:-cedar}
+
+dir=`mktemp -d`
+cp -r . $dir
+pushd $dir
+
+git init
+git add --all
+git commit -m "initial"
+
+heroku create --stack $stack \
+              --buildpack https://github.com/virtualstaticvoid/heroku-buildpack-r.git#$branch
+
+app=`heroku apps:info -s | grep ^name=`
+app=${app:5}
+
+git push heroku master
+
+# run R console
+heroku run "R --no-save -f ./prog.r" --app $app
+
+popd
+
+# clean up
+heroku apps:destroy $app --confirm $app
+rm -rf $dir
diff --git a/test/ggplot2/prog.r b/test/ggplot2/prog.r
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+#
+# Example R program
+#
+
+# example from http://www.cookbook-r.com/Graphs/Bar_and_line_graphs_(ggplot2)/
+
+library(ggplot2)
+
+dataframe <- data.frame(time=factor(c("Lunch", "Dinner"), levels = c("Lunch", "Dinner")), total_bill = c(14.89, 17.23))
+
+plot = ggplot(data=dataframe, aes(x=time, y=total_bill)) + geom_bar(stat="identity")
+
+filename <- tempfile(fileext='.png')
+
+ggsave(filename=filename, height=5, width=15, type="cairo", plot)
+
+# TODO: store output file somewhere persistent. E.g. S3
+
+print(filename)