How To Install r-cran-filelock on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-filelock on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-filelock is portable file locking for GNU R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-filelock on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-filelock

r-cran-filelock is:

Place an exclusive or shared lock on a file. It uses ‘LockFile’ on Windows and ‘fcntl’ locks on Unix-like systems.

There are three methods to install r-cran-filelock on Debian 12. 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-filelock 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-filelock using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install r-cran-filelock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install r-cran-filelock

Install r-cran-filelock 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-filelock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-filelock

How To Uninstall r-cran-filelock on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-filelock

Uninstall r-cran-filelock And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-filelock and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove r-cran-filelock Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-filelock configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

r-cran-filelock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-filelock package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.