Comment 17 for bug 272527

@Gorgonzola, the fix was fixed upstream. Take a look at the download section and mailing list of http://rkward.sourceforge.net/ you will find packages of the new version there, as well as instructions to build your own package from source.

A request for packaging and inclusion into official Ubuntu repos already exists here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rkward/+bug/354037