How To Install r-cran-codetools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-codetools on Debian 9. r-cran-codetools is GNU R package providing code analysis tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-codetools on Debian 9.

What is r-cran-codetools

r-cran-codetools is:

This package provides functions for code analysis for R.

This package is part of the set of packages that are ‘recommended’ by R Core and shipped with upstream source releases of R itself.

There are three methods to install r-cran-codetools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-codetools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-codetools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-codetools

Install r-cran-codetools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-codetools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-codetools

Install r-cran-codetools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-codetools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-codetools

How To Uninstall r-cran-codetools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the r-cran-codetools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-codetools

Uninstall r-cran-codetools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-codetools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-codetools

Remove r-cran-codetools Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-codetools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-codetools

Remove r-cran-codetools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-codetools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-codetools

Dependencies

r-cran-codetools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-codetools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.