diff --git a/r/.footprint b/r/.footprint
index 60c80be63..3a94975c8 100644
--- a/r/.footprint
+++ b/r/.footprint
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/KEYWORDS.db
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/RESOURCES
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/R-nav.css
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/R.css
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/Rlogo.pdf
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/Rlogo.svg
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/katex/fonts/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/left.jpg
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/logo.jpg
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/mathjax-config.js
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/orcid.svg
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/packages-head-utf8.html
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/packages.html
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/doc/html/prism.css
@@ -314,6 +316,21 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/Helvetica-Oblique.afm.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/Helvetica.afm.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/MustRead.html
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusMonoPS-Bold.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusMonoPS-BoldItalic.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusMonoPS-Italic.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusMonoPS-Regular.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusRoman-Bold.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusRoman-BoldItalic.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusRoman-Italic.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusRoman-Regular.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusSans-Bold.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusSans-BoldItalic.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusSans-BoldOblique.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusSans-Italic.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusSans-Oblique.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/NimbusSans-Regular.afm.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/StandardSymbolsPS.afm.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/Symbol.afm.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/Times-Bold.afm.gz
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/afm/Times-BoldItalic.afm.gz
@@ -406,7 +423,6 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/ISOLatin9.enc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/KOI8-R.enc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/KOI8-U.enc
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/MacRoman.enc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/PDFDoc.enc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/TeXtext.enc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/grDevices/enc/WinAnsi.enc
@@ -724,6 +740,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/tools/libs/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/tools/libs/tools.so
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/DESCRIPTION
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ar/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/bn/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ca/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/da/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/de/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/en/
@@ -732,15 +751,21 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/en_GB/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/es/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/fa/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/fr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/hi/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/hu/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/id/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/it/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ja/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ko/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/lt/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ne/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/nn/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/pl/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/pt_BR/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ru/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/sq/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/tr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/ur/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/zh_CN/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/translations/zh_TW/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/R/library/utils/
@@ -799,6 +824,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/R/Rd/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/R/Rd/macros/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/R/Rd/macros/system.Rd
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/R/dictionaries/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/R/dictionaries/R_Rd_files.rds
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/R/dictionaries/R_manuals.rds
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/R/dictionaries/R_vignettes.rds
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/R/dictionaries/en_stats.rds
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/R/encodings/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/R/encodings/Adobe-glyphlist
diff --git a/r/.signature b/r/.signature
index 03744c505..fbb258b40 100644
--- a/r/.signature
+++ b/r/.signature
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF37kQwNSSmPu199ltGLDB4ca3t5sMYPQ/MwSQgpHeTilixIYptNxWrgnliMyXCTHP6kfA0xz+1oS70XdKH61TKwM=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = c4114d89874f7de50aa1ebb8217baaa2af87aaed8a888a1bc71b89cdd0fa6d69
-SHA256 (.footprint) = aba481a43338d224263ecc7afb0b9a4196c1c6f861c2b70375ec12e91cc3815c
-SHA256 (R-4.3.3.tar.gz) = 80851231393b85bf3877ee9e39b282e750ed864c5ec60cbd68e6e139f0520330
+RWSagIOpLGJF374pKD4rH+lVodFTqoHC2IbLXbF0TGdT4PbPgted1u+83tAEb3w7UXHbg5zovETFVfFLpZ58063NmQMR5Xmk5gM=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 52c6f6da3e48a7c83a5399febc16618f408eb7d2cff460519897311d1619d7c4
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 0fa670ffdd36f30102c09cb8202f0115ffc28d213b4947af346fe9369fc030a3
+SHA256 (R-4.4.0.tar.gz) = ace4125f9b976d2c53bcc5fca30c75e30d4edc401584859cbadb080e72b5f030
 SHA256 (r.desktop) = 25b01ea93fa704884b65ba002d44d4e99725bd826997e8c73b6467df9f23c798
 SHA256 (r.png) = 1580d06a737951f4f3c903cbd514247d9071fc6868eb9c2de94bb999cc195cb1
 SHA256 (R.conf) = 01057f4dd3d0eca3e31090b2793ab17ed6648501513f6cfea36a0c609a55ac5e
diff --git a/r/Pkgfile b/r/Pkgfile
index dfd558992..56ce53638 100644
--- a/r/Pkgfile
+++ b/r/Pkgfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Optional: lapack openjdk8 texlive tk
 
 name=r
-version=4.3.3
+version=4.4.0
 release=1
 source=(https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-${version::1}/R-$version.tar.gz
   r.desktop r.png R.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ build() {
 
   # configuring R
   prt-get isinst tk && PKGMK_R+=" --with-x=yes" || PKGMK_R+=" --with-x=no"
-  prt-get isinst lapack && PKGMK_R+=" --with-lapack LAPACK_LIBS=$(pkgconf --libs lapack)"
+  prt-get isinst lapack && PKGMK_R+=" --with-lapack LAPACK_LIBS=$(pkgconf --libs lapack)" || PKGMK_R+=' --without-lapack'
   # this needs a properly working java environment!
   [[ -e $(whereis javac) ]] && PKGMK_R+=" --enable-java" || PKGMK_R+=" --disable-java"
 
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ build() {
     LIBnn=lib \
     BLAS_LIBS=$(pkgconf --libs blas) \
     PKG_CONFIG=/usr/bin/pkgconf \
-    --with-blas=openblas \
     --enable-BLAS-shlib \
     --enable-R-shlib \
     --enable-byte-compiled-packages \
@@ -70,13 +69,12 @@ build() {
     --with-cairo \
     --with-ICU \
     --with-jpeglib \
-    --with-lapack \
     --with-libpng \
     --with-libtiff \
     --with-system-tre \
     --without-recommended-packages \
-    --disable-nls | tee CONFIGURE.log
-cat CONFIGURE.log | grep -A30 'R is now' - > CAPABILITIES
+    --disable-R-static-lib \
+    --disable-nls
   make
 
   make -C src/nmath/standalone shared