How To Install librdata-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdata-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is librdata-dev
librdata-dev is:
Originally part of ReadStat, librdata is a small C library for reading and writing R data frames.
Features:
- Read both RData and RDS formats
- Read compressed files (requires bzip2, zlib, and lzma)
- Write factors, timestamps, logical vectors, and more
This package distributes development files.
There are three methods to install librdata-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librdata-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librdata-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librdata-dev
Install librdata-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librdata-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librdata-dev
Install librdata-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install librdata-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librdata-dev
How To Uninstall librdata-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the librdata-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librdata-dev
Uninstall librdata-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librdata-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librdata-dev
Remove librdata-dev Configurations and Data
To remove librdata-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librdata-dev
Remove librdata-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librdata-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librdata-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librdata-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.