How To Install r-cran-credentials on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-credentials
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is r-cran-credentials
r-cran-credentials is:
Setup and retrieve HTTPS and SSH credentials for use with ‘git’ and other services. For HTTPS remotes the package interfaces the ‘git-credential’ utility which ‘git’ uses to store HTTP usernames and passwords. For SSH remotes convenient functions to find or generate appropriate SSH keys are provided. The package both helps the user to setup a local git installation, and also provides a back-end for git/ssh client libraries to authenticate with existing user credentials.
There are three methods to install r-cran-credentials
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 r-cran-credentials 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-credentials
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-credentials
Install r-cran-credentials Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-credentials
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install r-cran-credentials
Install r-cran-credentials 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 r-cran-credentials
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-credentials
How To Uninstall r-cran-credentials on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the r-cran-credentials
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove r-cran-credentials
Uninstall r-cran-credentials And Its Dependencies
To uninstall r-cran-credentials
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-credentials
Remove r-cran-credentials Configurations and Data
To remove r-cran-credentials
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-credentials
Remove r-cran-credentials configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove r-cran-credentials
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-credentials
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-credentials
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.