为Linux安装R软件包时出错

我试图在R 3.3上安装一个名为“ rgeos”的软件包，但是当我键入

install.packages("rgeos")

但这会返回以下错误（与其他软件包一样，但并非所有软件包都相同）：

> * installing *source* package ‘rgeos’ ...
** package ‘rgeos’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
configure: CC: gcc
configure: CXX: g++
configure: rgeos: 0.3-19
checking for /usr/bin/svnversion... no
configure: svn revision: 524
checking for geos-config... no
no
configure: error: geos-config not found or not executable.
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rgeos’
* removing ‘/home/kdg/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.3/rgeos’
> 
> The downloaded source packages are in
>   ‘/tmp/Rtmpsa5pDo/downloaded_packages’ Warning message: In
> install.packages("rgeos") :   installation of package ‘rgeos’ had
> non-zero exit status

有什么线索如何con安装此软件包？